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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2008
Kenneth C. Kennedy, Ii, Clemmons, NC (US);
Wenfeng LU, Pfafftown, NC (US);
Brian K. Rucker, King, NC (US);
Vihar C. Surti, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Kenneth C. Kennedy, II, Clemmons, NC (US);
Wenfeng Lu, Pfafftown, NC (US);
Brian K. Rucker, King, NC (US);
Vihar C. Surti, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Abstract
An implantable drainage device for treatment of a stricture of a body vessel is disclosed. The device comprises a drainage tube including an inlet and extending to an outlet to define a drainage lumen formed through the inlet and the outlet. The drainage tube includes a swell layer and a cast layer formed about the swell layer. The swell layer has a first agent dispersed thereabout for regulated drug elution through the cast layer. The cast layer has a second agent disposed thereabout for drug elution therefrom.