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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2009
Filed:
May. 27, 2003
Applicants:
Chandrashekhar Pathak, Austin, TX (US);
Rama Akella, Austin, TX (US);
John Ranieri, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Chandrashekhar Pathak, Austin, TX (US);
Rama Akella, Austin, TX (US);
John Ranieri, Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
ev3 Peripheral, Inc., Plymouth, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Stents with coatings comprising a combination of a restenosis inhibitor comprising an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor and a carrier. Also provided are methods of coating stents with a combination of an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor and a carrier. A preferred example of a restenosis inhibitor is cerivastatin. The stent coatings have been shown to release restenosis inhibitors in their active forms.