Stent developer REVA Medical and the New Jersey Center for Biomaterials, a consortium of Rutgers University, along with the State University of New Jersey, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and New Jersey Institute of Technology, have teamed up to develop the first resorbable polymer drug-delivery stent that is visible by x-ray.
The selected materials for the stent development program are a family of tyrosine-derived polycarbonates, which are degradable polymers with proven biocompatibility, developed by the New Jersey Center for Biomaterials. The polymer is to be combined with REVA Medical’s slide-and-lock technology, a design that allows deployment without significant deformation of the stent structure, said the San Diego-based firm.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writersSeptember 15, 2003
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