Toyo Advanced Technologies Co., Ltd.

Japan Stent Technology Co., Ltd.

Ikuo Komura

Tatsuyuki Nakatani

Keishi Okamoto

Shuzo Yamashita

Koji Mori

A stent includes a tubular stent body, a diamond-like carbon filmformed on the surface of the stent bodyand having an activated surface, and a polymer layerimmobilized on the surface of the diamond-like carbon film. The polymer layercontains a drughaving an effect to prevent restenosis, and the drugis gradually released from the polymer layer

Stent and method for fabricating the same

A medical device includes a medial device body, and a diamond-like thin film covering the medical device body and containing silicon. The diamond-like thin film has a concentration of silicon which is lower in a surface thereof than in an interface thereof with the medical device body mentioned above, and continuously varies.

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Okayama, Japan

Ikuo Komura