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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2007
Mark Dolan, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Matthew J. Birdsall, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Eugene Tedeschi, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Joseph Berglund, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Raffy Brown, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Mark Dolan, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Matthew J. Birdsall, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Eugene Tedeschi, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Joseph Berglund, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Raffy Brown, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for treating a vascular condition is disclosed, the method comprising delivering a stent to a target region of a vessel, the stent including a drug polymer coating including an elution portion and a remaining portion, eluting the elution portion from the delivered stent for an elution period, heating the delivered stent after the elution period; and removing the remaining portion based on the heating.