Metal reinforced biodegradable intraluminal stents
CA 2478865 A1 · Owner: Scimed Life Systems, Inc. · Inventors: Chandrasekaran, Chandru
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The present invention provides an intraluminal stent comprising a metallic reinforcing component and a biodegradable polymeric material covering at least a portion of the metallic reinforcing component. The metallic reinforcing component provides structural reinforcement for the stent but this , reinforcement is insufficient in the absence of the biodegradable polymeric material, to provide a stent capable of maintaining patency of a lumen upon implantation of the stent into the lumen. One advantage of the present invention, among others, is that a stent is provided in which reduced amounts of metallic component remain after degradation of the biodegradable polymeric material …
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- Filed February 13, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 13, 2023.
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