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Drug delivery stent

  • US 5,891,108 A
  • Filed: 09/12/1994
  • Issued: 04/06/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/12/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A drug delivery stent assembly including a hollow tubular metal wire stent which extends in a path defining a generally cylindrical envelope and which has side walls facing outwardly of the cylindrical envelope with holes therein for delivery of liquid to a site of placement in a vessel where the stent is placed and said stent being constructed in a manner which permits said stent to be placed in one of two states, one state being where said stent assumes the shape of an enlarged generally cylindrical envelope and the other state being where said stent assumes the share of a contracted smaller cylindrical envelope.

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