Implantable device having substances impregnated therein and a method of impregnating the same

摘要

The present invention provides a method of impregnating an implantable device, such as a vascular graft or a covering adapted to be disposed over a prosthesis. The substances may be impregnated within the implantable device as a passive coating or as a delivery matrix for a therapeutic substance. Also provided is an implantable device having such substances impregnated therein.