Method and apparatus for stent deployment with enhanced delivery of bioactive agents
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Jul 3, 2007
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Aug 4, 2005
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Feb 27, 2002
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Mar 6, 2001
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A stent for use in animals including humans is disclosed which includes unprotected and protected regions, each protected regions including a bioactive or biopenetrating agent containing therein where the protected regions are protected by the unprotected regions when the stent is in its undeployed state which has a smaller cross-sectional dimension than the stent in its deployed state. And when the stent is in its deployed state the bioactive or biopenetrating agent(s) are brought into direct and intimate contact with a tissue or interior of a blood vessel of an animal including a human.
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