Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Merit Medical Ireland Limited

Boston Scientific Corporation

Mark Steckel

Michael Gilmore

Ascher Shmulewitz

Shrirang V Ranade

Menashe Yacoby

David Slattery

Damian Kelly

Gil Naor

Courtney Sikes

Raz Bar-On

Therese O'Connor

Joseph Kerins

A delivery system that includes a catheter, a balloon, a self-expanding prosthesis, and a sheath. The sheath including an opening in a wall of the sheath that initiates rupturing of the sheath so that the self-expanding prosthesis may move from its compressed state to its expanded state. Additionally, a distal end portion of the balloon that is distal to a distal end of the sheath includes an enlarged diameter portion, the enlarged diameter portion having approximately the same outer diameter as an outer diameter of the sheath when the self-expanding prosthesis is in its compressed state, and the enlarged diameter portion being the maximum outer diameter of the balloon when the self-expanding prosthesis is in its compressed state.

Delivery system and method of use for deployment of self-expandable vascular device

According to one aspect of the invention, medical devices are provided which contain the following: (a) an interior region that contains at least one degradation promoting agent and (b) an exterior region disposed over the interior region that contains at least one biodegradable polymer and at least one therapeutic agent.

Medical devices for the release of therapeutic agents

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Sharon, MA, United States of America

Mark Steckel