Title:
ADHESIVE LAYER ACTIVATED BY ENERGY FOR STENT COATED WITH POLYMER CONTAINING MEDICAMENT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2005046611
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a stent coated with a medicament polymer and a method for improving adhesiveness.
The stent 300 coated with a medicament polymer comprises a stent containing a stent structure 324, an adhesive layer 326 which is activated with energy and arranged on the stent structure, and a medicament polymer coating 328 which is stuck on the adhesive layer activated with energy. In the method for improving adhesiveness of the polymer coating to the metal stent, an adhesive promoter is mixed into the polymer solution and this solution is stuck to the metal stent, dried, and activated.
Inventors:
MORIARTY JAMES W JR
Application Number:
JP2004191029A
Publication Date:
February 24, 2005
Filing Date:
June 29, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MEDTRONIC VASCULAR INC
International Classes:
A61L29/00; A61L31/00; A61L31/10; A61L31/14; A61L31/16; A61F2/00; A61F2/82; (IPC1-7): A61M29/02; A61L29/00; A61L31/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Tetsuro Ikuta
Hideo Nagoshi
Hideo Nagoshi
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