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Medical device for delivering a therapeutic substance and method therefor

  • US 6,730,120 B2
  • Filed: 01/26/2001
  • Issued: 05/04/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/17/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A medical device having at least one blood-contacting surface comprising:

  • a metallic stent having a film of a porous material disposed on an outer surface thereof, wherein the porosity of the porous material is consistently distributed along the porous material; and

    a metallic water-insoluble salt of a therapeutic material dispersed throughout the porous material, wherein the metallic water-insoluble salt of a therapeutic material comprises a barium salt or a calcium salt of the therapeutic material.

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