Title:
BIOABSORBABLE POLYMERIC STENT WITH IMPROVED STRUCTURAL AND MOLECULAR WEIGHT INTEGRITY
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2009/155206
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Various embodiments of the present invention include implantable medical devices such as stents manufactured from polymers, and more particularly, biodegradable polymers including biodegradable polyesters. Other embodiments include methods of fabricating implantable medical devices from polymers. The devices and methods utilize one or more stabilizers, where each stabilizer may be chosen from the following categories: free radical scavengers, peroxide decomposers, catalyst deactivators, water scavengers, and metal scavengers.
Inventors:
WANG YUNBING (US)
PACETTI STEPHEN D (US)
HAROLD CARINA V (US)
PACETTI STEPHEN D (US)
HAROLD CARINA V (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2009/047093
Publication Date:
September 02, 2010
Filing Date:
June 11, 2009
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS (US)
WANG YUNBING (US)
PACETTI STEPHEN D (US)
HAROLD CARINA V (US)
WANG YUNBING (US)
PACETTI STEPHEN D (US)
HAROLD CARINA V (US)
International Classes:
A61L31/06; A61L31/14
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2007010342A1 | 2007-01-25 |
Foreign References:
| US20050163821A1 | 2005-07-28 | |||
| US20070020380A1 | 2007-01-25 | |||
| EP1586338A2 | 2005-10-19 | |||
| US20070282434A1 | 2007-12-06 | |||
| US6355772B1 | 2002-03-12 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
LUPKOWSKI, Mark et al. (Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.1 Maritime Plaza, Suite 30, San Francisco CA, US)
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