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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2004
Hsing-wen Sung, Hsinchu, TW;
Mei-chin Chen, Taishan Shiang, TW;
Peter Y Tu, Irvine, CA (US);
Hosheng Tu, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Hsing-Wen Sung, Hsinchu, TW;
Mei-Chin Chen, Taishan Shiang, TW;
Peter Y Tu, Irvine, CA (US);
Hosheng Tu, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method for treating vulnerable plaques of a patient, comprising: providing a biodegradable stent comprising a first supporting zone made of a first biodegradable material, wherein the supporting zone comprises at least a portion of continuous circumference of the stent; and a second therapeutic zone made of a second biodegradable material, wherein the therapeutic zone comprises at least one bioactive agent; delivering the biodegradable stent to the vulnerable plaques; orienting the therapeutic zone at about the luminal surface of the vulnerable plaque; and releasing the at least one bioactive agent for treating the vulnerable plaques.