IMPROVED SURGICAL STENT AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING OCCLUSION OF STENTED VESSELS AND CONDUITS AFTER IMPLANTATION OF STENTS

摘要

The invention is of the design for, and a method of use of, an improved surgical stent. The stent is coated with a slow-release calcium channel blocker agent which interrupts the accumulation or deposition of fibrotic tissue as occurs in the process of re-occlusion of the vessel, orifice, or conduit as attends the use of conventional stents.