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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2002
Christopher J. Elkins, Redwood City, CA (US);
Michael D. Dake, Stanford, CA (US);
Jacob M. Waugh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Christopher J. Elkins, Redwood City, CA (US);
Michael D. Dake, Stanford, CA (US);
Jacob M. Waugh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A stent based drug delivery system. A biological agent of interest is entrapped within a matrix, which is loaded into channels on the surface of a stent. The matrix allows for release, usually sustained release, of the entrapped agent. The stent and matrix is sheathed with a covalently bound gel. In one embodiment of the invention, the stent is used to deliver therapeutic agents to a patient, providing the advantage of efficient delivery and sustained release of an agent at a localized site. In another embodiment of the invention, the drug delivery system is used for testing and comparison of candidate drugs in an in vivo setting.