Method of making a stent

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PATENT NO 9040111
APP PUB NO 20130115363A1
SERIAL NO

13729630

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A method of making a stent, including preparing a solution containing a composition, the composition comprising a biodegradable polymer and a vascular intimal hyperplasia inhibitor of a kind, including argatroban, which does not inhibit proliferation of endothelial cells, the weight compositional ratio of the polymer to the vascular intimal hyperplasia inhibitor being within the range of 8:2 to 3:7, the composition dissolved in a solvent selected from the group consisting of a mixture of a lower alkyl ketone and methanol, a mixture of a lower alkyl ester and methanol or a mixture of a lower halogenated hydrocarbon and methanol; coating at least an outer surface of a stent body of a cylindrical configuration having outer and inner surfaces with a diamond-like thin film coated on the surfaces; and after the coating, removing the solvent to complete a first coated layer.

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JAPAN STENT TECHNOLOGY CO LTD5303 HAGA OKAYAMA-SHI OKAYAMA 701-1221

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Iwata, Hiroo Kyoto, JP 40 1368
Jin, Zhen Yu Okayama, JP 7 45
Mochizuki, Akira Numazu, JP 62 971
Omura, Ikuo Okayama, JP 31 1117
Yamashita, Shuzo Okayama, JP 20 276

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