摘要 |
<p>An expandable medical device comprises a network of elongated struts, the struts having through-openings in the thickness of the strut at intervals along the neutral axis of the strut; a hinge having a reduced section and formed at either end of the elongated strut permitting the expandable medical device to expand from a first diameter to a second diameter by first elastically and then plastically deforming; and a first beneficial agent (36) in the through-openings, a second beneficial agent (38) on an outer surface of the expandable medical device, and a third beneficial agent (39) on an inner surface of the expandable medical device.</p> |