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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2005
Applicants:
Joseph G. Furst, Lyndhurst, OH (US);
William G. Brodbeck, South Euclid, OH (US);
Inventors:
Joseph G. Furst, Lyndhurst, OH (US);
William G. Brodbeck, South Euclid, OH (US);
Assignee:
ICON Interventional Systems, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2006.01); A61M 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A stent that is adapted for introduction into a body passageway and which releases at least one biological agent after being inserted in the body passageway. The release of the at least one biological agent can be a controlled release via molecular diffusion through a non-porous polymer layer.