Method of making a intralumenal drug eluting prosthesis
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1. A method for making a device for local intralumenal administration of drugs comprising:
- (a) providing a plurality of a first, structural filament;
(b) providing a second, bioabsorbable polymeric filament having a drug compounded therein,(c) weaving the first, structural filaments and the second, bioabsorbable polymeric filament into a tubular, open-ended body, said first and second filaments woven helically along a center line of the tubular body as a common axis and woven in opposing helical directions such that the tubular body is variable in radial diameter under axial movement of opposite ends of the body relative to each other and woven with at least a portion of the second, bioabsorbable filament exposed at an exterior surface of the tubular body.
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Abstract
A prosthesis for insertion into a lumen to limit restenosis of the lumen. The prosthesis carries restenosis-limiting drugs which elute after the device is positioned in the lumen.
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1. A method for making a device for local intralumenal administration of drugs comprising:
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(a) providing a plurality of a first, structural filament; (b) providing a second, bioabsorbable polymeric filament having a drug compounded therein, (c) weaving the first, structural filaments and the second, bioabsorbable polymeric filament into a tubular, open-ended body, said first and second filaments woven helically along a center line of the tubular body as a common axis and woven in opposing helical directions such that the tubular body is variable in radial diameter under axial movement of opposite ends of the body relative to each other and woven with at least a portion of the second, bioabsorbable filament exposed at an exterior surface of the tubular body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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