Degradable implantable medical devices
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1. A degradable, implantable structure comprising:
- an implantable body having at least one surface; and
at least one corrosion inducing feature on the at least one surface which causes at least a portion of the body to degrade at a rate greater than the rate without the feature in a physiologic environment.
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Abstract
Devices and methods are provided for an implantable medical device which is degradable over a clinically relevant period of time. The medical devices may have the form of implants, graft implants, vascular implants, non vascular implants, wound closure implants, sutures, drug delivery implants, biologic delivery implants, urinary tract implants, inter-uterine implants, organ implants, bone implants including bone plates, bone screws, dental implants, spinal disks, or the like. In preferred embodiments, the implantable medical device comprises an implantable luminal prosthesis, such as vascular and non-vascular stents and stents grafts.
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1. A degradable, implantable structure comprising:
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an implantable body having at least one surface; and
at least one corrosion inducing feature on the at least one surface which causes at least a portion of the body to degrade at a rate greater than the rate without the feature in a physiologic environment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A degradable, implantable structure comprising:
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an implantable body having a first layer which degrades at a first degradation rate, wherein the first layer comprises a metal, metal alloy or combination thereof, and a second layer which degrades at a second degradation rate which differs from the first rate, wherein the second layer comprises a metal, metal alloy or combination thereof, wherein the layers cause at least a portion of the structure to degrade in a physiologic environment. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A degradable, implantable structure comprising:
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an implantable body comprising a metal, metal alloy or combination thereof having a degradation rate; and
a layer which covers at least a portion of the implantable body, wherein the layer controls the degradation rate of the implantable body. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 209)
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21. A degradable, implantable structure comprising:
an implantable body comprising a metal, metallic alloy or combination thereof which has at least a portion which degrades at a degradation rate, wherein the degradation rate has at least two phases of differing degradation rates. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. A degradable structure comprising:
an implantable body comprising a metal, metallic alloy or combination thereof which has at least a portion which degrades at a degradation rate which varies along its length. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. A degradable structure comprising:
an implantable body comprising a metal, metallic alloy or combination thereof, wherein its geometry affects the degradation rate. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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31. A degradable structure comprising:
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an implantable body comprising a metal, metal alloy or combination thereof having a degradation rate; and
at least one therapeutic agent which elutes from the implantable structure. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A degradable structure comprising:
an implantable body comprising a metal, metallic alloy or combination thereof which has at least a portion which degrades at a rate to approximate dissolution in the physiologic environment in a period between one month to 5 years.
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38. A degradable implant comprising:
a body composed of a metal and having a structure, wherein said metal and structure are selected to allow the body to degrade in a physiologic environment in a period of from 1 month to 5 years. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 210)
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