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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2000
Yung-Ming Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ashok Shah, San Jose, CA (US);
Vinayak D. Bhat, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Syed F. A. Hossainy, Fremont, CA (US);
Daryush Mirzaee, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Evgenia Mandrusov, Campbell, CA (US);
Deborra Sanders-Millare, San Jose, CA (US);
Judy A. Guruwaiya, San Jose, CA (US);
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An ethylene vinyl alcohol coating for an implantable device or prosthesis, such as a stent, is provided. Compositions are also provided for coating the implantable device. The compositions can include an ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer added to an iso-propyl alcohol (IPA)/water solvent. Active agents, such as actinomycin D, can be included in the composition to be carried by the copolymer matrix.