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US 5,599,352 AGranted
Method of making a drug eluting stent
AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.
InventorsThomas Q. Dinh, Ronald J. Tuch, Robert S. Schwartz
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Abstract
An intraluminal stent comprising fibrin and an elutable drug is capable of providing a treatment of restenosis.
Claims13
A method for making a drug eluting intravascular stent comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a generally cylindrical stent body;
- (b) applying to the stent body a first layer which is a solid composite of polymer and therapeutic substance;
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- (c) applying as a second layer a layer of fibrin over the composite.
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