Patent · US Active

Method of forming hollow tubular drug eluting medical devices

US8916226B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13Claims

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Assignee

Medtronic Vascular, Inc. · US

Inventors

Kevin Mauch · San Jose, US
Sean Ward · Galway, IE
Aram Jamous · Athenry, IE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 26, 2013
Grant date	Dec 23, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 26, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49995
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of a forming a hollow, drug-eluting medical device includes utilizing a hollow wire having an outer member and a lumen of the outer member, and filling the lumen with a fluid to form a supported hollow wire. The supported hollow wire is shaped into a stent pattern. Openings are formed through the outer member. The supported hollow wire is processed to remove the fluid from the lumen of the outer member without adversely affecting the outer member, leaving the hollow wire shaped into a stent pattern. The lumen is filled with a biologically or pharmacologically active substance.

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