Method and apparatus for stent deployment with enhanced delivery of bioactive agents
US7238199B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 27, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jul 3, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 20, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2250/0067
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A stent for use in animals including humans is disclosed which includes unprotected and protected regions, each protected regions including a bioactive or biopenetrating agent containing therein where the protected regions are protected by the unprotected regions when the stent is in its undeployed state which has a smaller cross-sectional dimension than the stent in its deployed state. And when the stent is in its deployed state the bioactive or biopenetrating agent(s) are brought into direct and intimate contact with a tissue or interior of a blood vessel of an animal including a human.
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