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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2005
Steve A. Herweck, Nashua, NH (US);
Paul Martakos, Pelham, NH (US);
Geoffrey Moodie, Hudson, NH (US);
Roger Labrecque, Londonderry, NH (US);
Theodore Karwoski, Hollis, NH (US);
Trevor Carlton, Hudson, NH (US);
Lisa Rogers, Londonderry, NH (US);
Joseph Ferraro, Londonderry, NH (US);
Steve A. Herweck, Nashua, NH (US);
Paul Martakos, Pelham, NH (US);
Geoffrey Moodie, Hudson, NH (US);
Roger Labrecque, Londonderry, NH (US);
Theodore Karwoski, Hollis, NH (US);
Trevor Carlton, Hudson, NH (US);
Lisa Rogers, Londonderry, NH (US);
Joseph Ferraro, Londonderry, NH (US);
Atrium Medical Corporation, Hudson, NH (US);
Abstract
A non-polymeric or biological coating applied to a radially expandable interventional medical device in a collapsed, wrapped, or folded configuration. Properties of the coating material applied to the medical device are adjusted or varied to result in a desired combination of coverage of the surface of the medical device, drug loading, and coating thickness. The coating is sterile, and is capable of being carried by a sterile medical device to a targeted tissue location within the body following radial expansion. The therapeutic coating transfers off the medical device due in part to a biological attraction with the tissue and in part to a physical transference from the medical device to the targeted tissue location in contact with the medical device.