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Abluminally coated drug-eluting stents having a form-fitting protective layer

US9017398B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BIOTRONIK AG · CH

Inventors

Bjoern Klocke · Zürich, CH
Claus Harder · Uttenreuth, DE
Alexander Borck · Königs Wusterhausen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 7, 2011
Grant date	Apr 28, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 11, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61L2420/08
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A drug-eluting stent, comprising a base body that is made of an implant material, the base body being partially or entirely covered on the abluminal side with an active ingredient-releasing coating that comprises or is made of a polymer and an active ingredient having an antiproliferative effect, characterized in that the stent's luminal surface and the abluminal surface carrying the active ingredient-releasing coating are covered by a biocorrodible protective layer in a form-fitting manner.

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