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US 2015/0030757 A1Published application
Peripheral stents having layers
AssigneeMicell Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJames B. McClain, Douglas Taylor
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Abstract
Provided herein is a coated coronary stent, comprising: a. stent; b. a plurality of layers deposited on said stent to form said coronary stent; wherein at least one of said layers comprises a bioabsorbable polymer and at least one of said layers comprises one or more active agents; wherein at least part of the active agent is in crystalline form.
Claims21
A method for preparing a coated stent comprising the following steps:
- providing a stent;
- forming a coating comprising a pharmaceutical agent and a polymer on the stent wherein at least part of the pharmaceutical agent is in crystalline form, wherein forming the coating comprises depositing a fiber reinforcement on the stent, wherein the length of the fiber is up to 5 micrometers, and wherein the coating is substantially resistant to stent strut breakage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.