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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2007
Applicants:
Patrick H. Ruane, Hayward, CA (US);
Priscilla Reyes, Duncan, OK (US);
Blayne A. Roeder, Lafayette, IN (US);
Amy M. Vibbert, Avon, IN (US);
Inventors:
Patrick H. Ruane, Hayward, CA (US);
Priscilla Reyes, Duncan, OK (US);
Blayne A. Roeder, Lafayette, IN (US);
Amy M. Vibbert, Avon, IN (US);
Assignee:
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61L 31/10 (2006.01); A61L 31/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 31/10 (2013.01); A61L 31/16 (2013.01); A61L 2300/416 (2013.01); A61L 2300/602 (2013.01);
Abstract
Medical devices for implantation within a body vessel comprising a graft material and a releasable therapeutic agent are provided. The graft material preferably comprises a biocompatible polyurethane and a therapeutic agent. Preferably, the medical device is a stent graft formed by attaching a polyurethane graft material comprising an elutable taxane therapeutic agent to a radially expandable frame.