Methods and devices for delivering therapeutic agents to target vessels
US7666222B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 1, 2006 |
| Grant date | Feb 23, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 1, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61L2300/606
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Methods of preparing intravascular stents with a polymeric coating containing macrocyclic lactone (such as rapamycin or its analogs), stents and stent graphs with such coatings, and methods of treating a coronary artery with such devices. The macrocyclic lactone-based polymeric coating facilitates the performance of such devices in inhibiting restenosis.
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