Patent ID: 8048168
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: A61L,A61M

Abstract:
1. An elongate medical device comprised of a polymeric material and configured for at least partial implantation or insertion into a subject, said medical device comprising an elongate tubular body having a surface that comprises a plurality of depressions in the form of channels that extend along the length of said elongate tubular body of said device and that are at least partially filled with a soluble material that is removed after implantation or insertion thereby increasing flexibility of device, wherein said elongate medical device is a ureteral stent having a proximal bladder end and a distal kidney end, and wherein the cross-sectional area of each of the channels increases as one proceeds from the distal end of the elongate tubular body to the proximal end of the elongate tubular body of the stent.