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US 2025/0049596 A1Published application
Non-vascular drug-eluting stent
OwnerGareth Morris-Stiffinventor
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Abstract
A non-vascular drug-eluding stent is provided that includes a self-expanding metal stent (SEMS) body having an outside annular surface, and a continuous polymeric layer that is loaded with a chemotherapeutic agent. The polymeric layer surrounds at least part of the outside annular surface of the SEMS body, and the polymeric layer includes SIBS. Other aspects related to methods of making the non-vascular drug-eluding stent and treatment using the non-vascular drug-eluding stent are also described and claimed.
Claims25
A non-vascular drug-eluding stent, comprising:
- a self-expanding metal stent (SEMS) body having an outside annular surface;
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- a continuous polymeric layer that is loaded with a chemotherapeutic agent, wherein the polymeric layer surrounds at least part of the outside annular surface of the SEMS body, and wherein the polymeric layer comprises SIBS.
A method of making a non-vascular drug-eluding stent, comprising:
- surrounding at least part of an outer annular surface of a self-expanding metal stent (SEMS) body with a continuous polymeric layer that is loaded with a chemotherapeutic agent, wherein the continuous polymeric layer comprises SIBS.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.