Patent · US Active

Optimized drug-eluting stent assembly

US9132003B2 · kind B2 · utility

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112References

29Claims

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Assignee

INSPIRE M.D LTD. · IL

Inventors

Eli Bar · Afula, IL
Asher Holzer · Haifa, IL
Ofir Paz · Rishon LeZion, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 25, 2014
Grant date	Sep 15, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 25, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49964
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A stent assembly including a stent configured to be positioned in a body lumen, and a knitted stent jacket including an expansible mesh structure having a coverage area of less than 25%, having approximate aperture diameters greater than 20 micrometers, and surrounding an external surface of the stent and coaxially associated therewith, wherein the stent assembly elutes an amount of an active pharmaceutical agent.

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