Bioelastomeric stent
AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.
InventorsRobert S. Schwartz, Rodney G. Wolff
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Abstract
An bioelastomeric intraluminal stent comprising fibrin and elastin is capable of providing a treatment of restenosis.
Claims11
A bioelastomeric intraluminal stent for implantation in a body lumen, the stent having an open-ended tubular shape defined by a structure comprising (a) elastin elements which are radially expandable to support the body lumen and (b) fibrin reinforced by elastin on a surface of the stent which is adapted to be retained in contact with a wall of the body lumen.
A bioelastomeric intraluminal stent for implantation in a body lumen, the stent having a framework formed in an open-ended tubular shape which is radially expandable to provide support for a body lumen and to retain the stent in contact with a wall of the body lumen at a lumen-contacting surface of the stent, the stent comprising fibrin and elastin reinforcing the fibrin on the lumen-contacting surface, the fibrin made from the reaction of fibrinogen with a coagulating protein.
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