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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mir A Imran, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
CardioVasc, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606194 ; 427-224 ; 427-23 ; 604265 ; 606191 ; 606195 ; 606198 ; 607116 ; 607 75 ; 623-1 ; 623 11 ;
Abstract
A stent comprising a cylindrical member formed of metal and having a wall defining a bore extending therethrough along a longitudinal axis and having an inner surface and an outer surface. The wall has a pattern formed therein with openings extending therethrough into the bore. A coating containing silver is adherent to the outer surface of said wall for treatment of undesired conditions in the vessel.