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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2003
Angelica Alvarado, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Robert Eury, Cupertino, CA (US);
Irina D. Pomerantseva, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael Froix, Mountain View, CA (US);
Angelica Alvarado, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Robert Eury, Cupertino, CA (US);
Irina D. Pomerantseva, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael Froix, Mountain View, CA (US);
Quanam Medical Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A polymer composition for use in forming a stent is described. The composition includes a monomer of an aliphatic ester of acrylic acid which has a glass transition temperature less than 25° C. and a second monomer that copolymerizes with the first monomer and which has a glass transition temperature greater than 25° C. The components in the composition are mixed in amounts suitable to give a copolymer having a glass transition temperature less than 25° C., or in case of block copolymers, having at least one glass transition temperature less than 25° C. A stent including polymer members formed from the described composition is also disclosed.