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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2002
Marc D. Feldman, San Antonio, TX (US);
Stephen R. Bailey, San Antonio, TX (US);
C. Mauli Agrawal, San Antonio, TX (US);
Kyriacos A. Athanasiou, Houston, TX (US);
Marc D. Feldman, San Antonio, TX (US);
Stephen R. Bailey, San Antonio, TX (US);
C. Mauli Agrawal, San Antonio, TX (US);
Kyriacos A. Athanasiou, Houston, TX (US);
The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A stent for use in animals including humans is disclosed which includes unprotected and protected regions, each protected regions including a bioactive or biopenetrating agent containing therein where the protected regions are protected by the unprotected regions when the stent is in its undeployed state which has a smaller cross-sectional dimension than the stent in its deployed state. And when the stent is in its deployed state the bioactive or biopenetrating agent(s) are brought into direct and intimate contact with a tissue or interior of a blood vessel of an animal including a human.