Patent ID: 7294145
Filing Date: 2007-11-13
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A stent assembly for insertion into a lumen of a patient, comprising: a first metallic stent that provides internal scaffolding support for the lumen to resist radial compression and having a plurality of struts forming a patterned structure; a second metallic stent that provides internal scaffolding support for the lumen to resist radial compression and having a plurality of struts forming a patterned structure; and a delivery device adapted to expand the stents simultaneously; wherein the first stent is located inside of the second stent, and the stents are affixed to each other prior to insertion into the patient; wherein each of the first stent and the second stent has a therapeutic coating on it; and wherein the therapeutic coating on the first stent differs from the therapeutic coating on the second stent.