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US 2009/0024209 A1Published application
Hypotubes for Intravascular Drug Delivery
AssigneeMedtronic Vascular, Inc.
InventorsFeridun Ozdil, Joseph Berglund
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Abstract
An implantable device capable of delivering drugs is disclosed. An example of the device is a stent that comprises at least one hypotube having a lumen and one or more pores. The lumen of the hypotube is configured to retain drugs that can be eluted through the one or more pores after deployment at a treatment site.
Claims25
An implantable device for delivering a drug to a treatment site comprising:
- a hypotube, said hypotube having a lumen;
- and
- at least one drug disposed within said lumen of said hypotube;
- wherein said at least one drug elutes from said hypotube.
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An implantable device for delivering a drug to a treatment site comprising:
- a biodegradable hypotube, said hypotube having a lumen;
- and
- at least one drug disposed within said lumen of said hypotube;
- wherein said at least one drug is released from said lumen upon degradation of said biodegradable hypotube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.