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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2007
Douglas R. Savage, Del Mar, CA (US);
John E. Shulze, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Ronald E. Betts, La Jolla, CA (US);
Sepehr Fariabi, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Shih-horng Su, Irvine, CA (US);
Douglas R. Savage, Del Mar, CA (US);
John E. Shulze, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Ronald E. Betts, La Jolla, CA (US);
Sepehr Fariabi, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Shih-Horng Su, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A radially expandable, endovascular stent designed for placement at a site of vascular injury, for inhibiting restenosis at the site, a method of using, and a method of making the stent. The stent includes a radially expandable body formed of one or more metallic filaments where at least one surface of the filaments has a roughened or abraded surface. The stent may include a therapeutic agent on the abraded surface.