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US 2002/0165607 A1Published application
Stent device and method
OwnerEckhard Altinventor
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Abstract
A stent for delivering a therapeutic dose of the immnuosupressant tacrolimus is disclosed.
Claims7
An endovascular stent comprising:
- a hollow tube having open ends and a sidewall with multiple apertures forming a primary structure, whereby said hollow tube can be deformed to position the hollow tube in a vessel;
- a secondary coating on said primary structure;
- a quantity of tacrolimus located within said secondary coating.
A method of treating a blood vessel comprising:
- inserting a stent into said vessel;
- expanding said stent into contact with vessel walls;
- eluting tacrolimus from the stent into the site of the stent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.