Eine Arznei eluierendes Stent

摘要

A drug eluting intravascular stent comprising: (a) a generally cylindrical stent body; (b) a solid composite of a polymer and a therapeutic substance in an adherent layer on the stent body; and (c) fibrin in an adherent layer on the composite. This may be prepared by the steps of: (a) providing a generally cylindrical stent body; (b) forming on said stent body a layer of a solid composite of polymer and therapeutic substance; and (c) forming over said composite a layer of fibrin. Such stents may be used in combatting restenosis.