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Methods of providing optimized drug-eluting stent assemblies

  • US 10,406,006 B2
  • Filed: 12/01/2016
  • Issued: 09/10/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing a stent assembly which comprises:

  • providing a stent configured to be positioned in the body lumen; and

    disposing a knitted stent jacket comprising an expansible mesh structure coaxially over a radial portion of the stent and along an entire length thereof, the mesh structure being formed from a single fiber and having a coverage area over the stent of about 10% to less than 20% relative to the total coverage area over the stent including a plurality of apertures therein, the apertures having approximate aperture diameters greater than 20 micrometers up to a minimum center dimension of 234 micrometers,wherein the stent assembly is configured to elute an amount of an active pharmaceutical agent that is present therein, andwherein the fiber has a diameter of approximately 7 micrometers to 40 micrometers.

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