Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – Preparations characterized by special physical form – Implant or insert
Reexamination Certificate
2005-05-10
2005-05-10
Venkat, Jyothsna (Department: 1615)
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Preparations characterized by special physical form
Implant or insert
C424S422000, C604S096010, C623S001110, C623S001120, C623S001130, C623S001150, C623S001230, C623S001250, C623S001420
Reexamination Certificate
active
06890546
ABSTRACT:
A medical device comprising a supporting structure having a coating on the surface thereof, the coating containing a therapeutic substance, such as, for example, a drug. Supporting structures for the medical devices that are suitable for use in this invention include, but are not limited to, coronary stents, peripheral stents, catheters, arterio-venous grafts, by-pass grafts, and drug delivery balloons used in the vasculature. Drugs that are suitable for use in this invention include, but are not limited to,
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Burke Sandra E.
Cromack Keith R.
LeCaptain Angela M.
Mollison Karl W.
Tarcha Peter J.
Abbott Laboratories
James Patricia Coleman
Venkat Jyothsna
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