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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2001
Keiji Igaki, Kyoto, JP;
Hideki Yamane, Shiga, JP;
Keiji Igaki, Kyoto, JP;
Hideki Yamane, Shiga, JP;
Kyoto Medical Planning Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A luminal stent, implanted and implanted and left in the blood vessel, is disclosed. By permitting a stent (), formed of a biodegradable polymer material (), to be swollen, and by impregnating the swollen stent () with a drug, a sufficient quantity of the drug is impregnated in the stent. This drug is continuously released into the blood vessel over a prolonged time. A biodegradable polymer layer is formed on the surface of the stent () impregnated with the drug, and the release rate of the drug impregnated in the stent is controlled.
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