Abstract: A radioactive transition metal stent, comprising one or more transition metals, wherein the transition metal stent surface is chemically bound to a radioactive material; and a method for producing the radioactive transition metal stent wherein the radioisotope is chemically bound to, and is uniformly confined to the transition metal stent surface without affecting the metallurgical properties of the transition metal stent is disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 13, 2000
Date of Patent:
August 27, 2002
Assignee:
MoBeta, Inc.
Inventors:
Michelangelo Delfino, Mary Elizabeth Day
Abstract: A radioactive transition metal stent, comprising one or more transition metals, wherein the transition metal stent surface is chemically bound to a radioactive material; and a method for producing the radioactive transition metal stent wherein the radioisotope is chemically bound to, and is uniformly confined to the transition metal stent surface without affecting the metallurgical properties of the transition metal stent is disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 4, 1999
Date of Patent:
July 24, 2001
Assignee:
Mobeta, Inc.
Inventors:
Michelangelo Delfino, Mary Elizabeth Day