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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2007
Applicants:
Tatsuyuki Nakatani, Hiroshima, JP;
Keishi Okamoto, Hiroshima, JP;
Shuzo Yamashita, Okayama, JP;
Ikuo Komura, Okayama, JP;
Koji Mori, Okayama, JP;
Inventors:
Tatsuyuki Nakatani, Hiroshima, JP;
Keishi Okamoto, Hiroshima, JP;
Shuzo Yamashita, Okayama, JP;
Ikuo Komura, Okayama, JP;
Koji Mori, Okayama, JP;
Assignees:
Toyo Advanced Technologies Co., Ltd., Hiroshima-Shi, JP;
Japan Stent Technology Co., Ltd, Okayama-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A stent includes a tubular stent body, a diamond-like carbon filmformed on the surface of the stent bodyand having an activated surface, and a polymer layerimmobilized on the surface of the diamond-like carbon film. The polymer layercontains a drughaving an effect to prevent restenosis, and the drugis gradually released from the polymer layer