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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2008
Michael S. Williams, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Kevin D. Holbrook, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Richard A. Glenn, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Jeffrey A. Smith, Petaluma, CA (US);
Joseph M. Desimone, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Michael S. Williams, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Kevin D. Holbrook, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Richard A. Glenn, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Jeffrey A. Smith, Petaluma, CA (US);
Joseph M. DeSimone, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
SyneCor, LLC, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
Improved polymeric endoprostheses having reinforcement elements and methods of making the endoprostheses are disclosed. The devices disclosed exhibit improved overall compliance, selective regional compliance, and selective radial strength without varying the geometries of selected regions. Numerous other physical characteristics of the endoprostheses described may be selectively varied during manufacture. Some embodiments may include an erodible polymer and magnesium. Some embodiments may have one or more therapeutics incorporated into the endoprosthesis via a solvent in a supercritical state.