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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2005
Applicant:
Shrirang V. Ranade, Arlington, MA (US);
Inventor:
Shrirang V. Ranade, Arlington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A medical device that contains (a) at least one polymeric release region that either contains crazing or which is adapted to undergo crazing as a result of stresses (e.g., mechanical, chemical or thermal) that are applied during the implantation or insertion of the medical device into a patient; and (b) and a therapeutic agent disposed beneath or within the polymeric release region.