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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Healthc Mater. 2016 Apr 20;5(10):1121–1140. doi: 10.1002/adhm.201501019

Table 4.

Biodegradable stents developed or under development (as per Iqbal et al.[31b] and Boland et al. [59])

Stent Manufacturer Material Coating Drug Strut thickness [μm] Absorption time [month]
Polymeric
a Igaki-Tamai Kyto Medical PLLA None None 170 24
d ABSORB BVS 1.0 Abbott Vascular PLLA PDLLA Everolimus 156 18–24
a ABSORB BVS 1.1 Abbott Vascular PLLA PDLLA Everolimus 156 18–24
a ABSORB GT1 Abbott Vascular PLLA None Everolimus 156 18–24
a DeSolve Elixir PLLA None Myolimus 150 12–24
d Ideal BTI Xenogenics PLLA Salicylate Sirolimus 200 6–9
pc Ideal BioStent Xenogenics SA/AA Salicylate Sirolimus 175 12
d REVA REVA Medical PTD-PC None None 200 24
c ReZolve REVA Medical PTD-PC None Sirolimus 200 4–6
c Fantom REVA Medical PTD-PC None NA 114–228 24
a ART 18AZ ART PDLLA None None 170 3–6
c Fortitude Amaranth PLLA None None 150–200 3–6
pc Xinsorb Huaan Biotech PLLA NA Sirolimus 160 NA
pc Acute BRS Orbus Neich PLLA, PLDA-ECL NA EPC, sirolimus 150 NA
Metallic
d AMS 1.0 Biotronik Mg alloy None None 165 <4
d DREAMS-1 Biotronik Mg alloy None Paclitaxel 120 9
c DREAMS-2 Biotronik Mg alloy PLLA Sirolimus 125 9
a

with obtained market approval in Europe,

c

in clinical trials,

d

discontinued,

pc

used in pre-clinical trials.