Medtronic's Drug-Filled Stent: First Data

Called a DFS ("drug-filled stent") it is both a drug-eluting stent AND a bare metal stent, utilizing the same stent construction that Medtronic currently uses in its Resolute Integrity and Onyx stents. The stent is fashioned from a single strand of metal that can have several "inner cores." In the DFS, the drug is contained in a reservoir, inside the stent, and slowly eluted through small laser-drilled holes in the metal outer core.

Source: News from Angioplasty.Org - October 13, 2015 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news