Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Coated medical devices for abluminal drug delivery
- Patent Title (中): 用于外用药物输送的涂层医疗器械
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Application No.: US12072672Application Date: 2008-02-27
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Publication No.: US08431149B2Publication Date: 2013-04-30
- Inventor: David McMorrow , Barry Heaney , Anthony Malone , Aiden Flanagan , Tim O'Connor
- Applicant: David McMorrow , Barry Heaney , Anthony Malone , Aiden Flanagan , Tim O'Connor
- Applicant Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: A61K9/00
- IPC: A61K9/00 ; A61P7/00 ; A61P9/10

Abstract:
The invention relates generally to an implantable medical device for delivering a therapeutic agent to the body tissue of a patient, and a method for making such a medical device. In particular, the invention pertains to an implantable stent, such as an intravascular stent, having a coating comprising an inorganic or ceramic oxide, metal or inert carbon and a plurality of reservoirs in such material that contain a therapeutic agent.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080241218A1 Coated medical devices for abluminal drug delivery Public/Granted day:2008-10-02
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