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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2003
Arindam Datta, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Shawn Thayer Huxel, Lakehurst, NJ (US);
Dennis D. Jamiolkowski, Long Valley, NJ (US);
Yufu LI, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Kevor S. Tenhuisen, Randolph, NJ (US);
Arindam Datta, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Shawn Thayer Huxel, Lakehurst, NJ (US);
Dennis D. Jamiolkowski, Long Valley, NJ (US);
Yufu Li, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Kevor S. TenHuisen, Randolph, NJ (US);
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to stents that are formed into a helical structure having a plurality of coils, a longitudinal axis, an internal longitudinal passage, a distal section and a proximal section having different diameters; where the structure is made from a fiber having a cross-section and including an inner core having an exterior surface made from a biodegradable polymer having a first degradation rate and an outer section made from a blend of a first biodegradable polymer component and a second biodegradable polymer component covering the exterior surface of the inner core and having a second degradation rate; where the second degradation rate is lower than the first degradation rate.