Patent ID: 7060093
Filing Date: 2006-06-13
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A stent having a frame element, the frame element comprising: a first side wall section defined by at least two protrusions and a spacing between the protrusions; a second side wall section opposing the first side wall section, the second side wall section defined by at least two protrusions and a spacing between the protrusions, wherein the protrusions of the first and second side wall sections are aligned in a manner such that a cut perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the frame element and traversing maximum point peaks of a protrusion of the first side wall section and a protrusion of the respective second side wall section provides for the widest width of the frame element; and depots, including a therapeutic substance for delivery of the substance to a patient, formed between each protrusion of the first and second side wall sections.