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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2005
Rajesh Radhakrishnan, Bothell, WA (US);
Chandru Chandrasekaran, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Rajesh Radhakrishnan, Bothell, WA (US);
Chandru Chandrasekaran, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates generally to coated medical devices, preferably a stent, that has a drug-eluting surface completely or partially coated with a coating that is imprinted with an impression. In particular, the invention is directed to a coated medical device having a coating that comprises biologically active materials, polymers, or a combination thereof. The coating is imprinted with an impression by printing, molding, lithography, or embossing techniques. Preferably, the patterning imprinted on the coating is capable of releasing biologically active materials in different amounts, at different rates, and/or at different time periods. The invention also relates to methods of making and methods of using the coated medical device.