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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2009
Andrew Luk, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Thai Minh Nguyen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Theodore L. Parker, Danville, CA (US);
Gary W. Steese-bradley, San Jose, CA (US);
Andrew Luk, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Thai Minh Nguyen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Theodore L. Parker, Danville, CA (US);
Gary W. Steese-Bradley, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Implantable medical devices may be utilized to locally delivery one or more drugs or therapeutic agents to treat a wide variety of conditions, including the treatment of the biological organism's reaction to the introduction of the implantable medical device. These therapeutic agents may be released under controlled and directional conditions from a stent so that the one or more therapeutic agents reach the correct target area, for example, the surrounding tissue.