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Expandable medical device for delivery of beneficial agent

  • US 7,208,010 B2
  • Filed: 09/07/2001
  • Issued: 04/24/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An expandable medical device comprising:

  • a plurality of elongated struts, said plurality of elongated struts joined together to form a substantially cylindrical device which is expandable from a cylinder having a first diameter to a cylinder having a second diameter, said plurality of struts each having a strut width in a circumferential direction and a strut thickness in a radial direction;

    at least one strut opening in at least one of the plurality of struts, the strut opening extending through the strut with the strut opening having a substantially constant cross section from a radially outermost surface of the strut to a radially innermost end of the strut opening; and

    at least one beneficial agent provided in the at least one strut opening in a plurality of layers, wherein the beneficial agent is provided into the at least one opening without coating the outermost surface.

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