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Channeled vascular stent apparatus and method

  • US 6,709,451 B1
  • Filed: 07/14/2000
  • Issued: 03/23/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a vascular stent having a generally cylindrical shape with an outer surface and an inner surface, the improvement comprising:

  • a matrix formed from a plurality of elongated struts and including a plurality of densely populated, generally uniformly repeating channels occupying substantially fully said outer surface, each channel extending continuously longitudinally in a corresponding strut; and

    a medication contained within said plurality of channels.

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