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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2017
Surmodics, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Timothy M. Kloke, Victoria, MN (US);
Surmodics, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention include drug delivery coatings and devices including the same. In an embodiment, a drug delivery coating is included herein having a base polymeric layer, the base polymeric layer including a hydrophilic polyether block amide copolymer and having a hydrophilic surface. The drug delivery coating can further include a therapeutic agent layer forming an exterior surface the drug delivery coating, the therapeutic agent layer contacting the hydrophilic surface of the base polymeric layer and having a composition different than the base polymeric layer, the therapeutic agent layer including a particulate hydrophobic therapeutic agent and a cationic agent. Other embodiments are also included herein.