Title:
STENT COATINGS COMPRISING HYDROPHILIC ADDITIVES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004101018
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
A coating for implantable medical devices and a method for fabricating thereof are disclosed. The coating includes a mixture of a hydrophobic polymer and a polymeric hydrophilic additive, wherein the hydrophobic polymer and the hydrophilic additive form a physically entangled or interpenetrating system.
Inventors:
PACETTI STEPHEN D (US)
TANG YIWEN (US)
TANG YIWEN (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2004/009011
Publication Date:
December 29, 2005
Filing Date:
March 23, 2004
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Assignee:
ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM (US)
PACETTI STEPHEN D (US)
TANG YIWEN (US)
PACETTI STEPHEN D (US)
TANG YIWEN (US)
International Classes:
A61F2/82; A61L31/10; A61L31/16; C08L71/02; C09D133/12; C08L33/08; C08L33/10; (IPC1-7): A61L31/12; A61L31/10; A61L31/16; A61L27/34; A61L27/54; A61L27/40; A61L27/44; C08L33/10; C08L33/08; C08L71/02
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