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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2016
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, SG;
Singapore Health Services Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Subramaniam Venkatraman, Singapore, SG;
Yingying Huang, Singapore, SG;
Wei Shan Lim, Singapore, SG;
Tsung Wen Chong, Singapore, SG;
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, SG;
Singapore Health Services Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
Various embodiments relate to a stent assembly comprising a stent; a swellable coating disposed on at least a portion of an exterior surface of the stent; optionally, a carrier dispersed in the swellable coating and/or disposed on at least a portion of an exterior surface of the stent; and an active agent comprised in at least one of the swellable coating or the carrier, if present. Use of the stent assembly as a ureteric stent, and method of preparing a stent assembly are also provided.