Patents Examined by (Jackie) Tan-Hyen T Ho
  • Removable stent for body lumens
    Patent number: 6494908
    Abstract: A removable stent for implantation into a lumen in a human body. The stent is made from a soft, flexible fiber having an outer surface. An outer bioabsorbable/degradable coating is applied to the outer surface of the filament causing it to become rigid. The coating softens in vivo through absorption and/or degradation such that the stent is readily passed or removed from the lumen as a softened filament after a pre-determined period of time through normal flow of body fluids passing through the lumen or by manual removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Thayer Huxel, Arindam Datta, Yufu Li, Dennis D. Jamiolkowski, E. Richard Skula