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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2004
Applicant:
Joseph G. Furst, Middlefield, OH (US);
Inventor:
Joseph G. Furst, Middlefield, OH (US);
Assignee:
Icon Interventional Systems, Inc, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61M 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An expandable stent for use within a body passageway having a body member with two ends and a wall surface disposed between the ends. The body member has a first diameter to permit delivery of the body member into a body passageway and a second expanded diameter. The surface of the stent is coated with a biological agent and a polymer which controls the release of the biological agent.