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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2009
Applicant:
Shrirang V. Ranade, Arlington, MA (US);
Inventor:
Shrirang V. Ranade, Arlington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 6/083 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/82 (2006.01); B05D 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of coating a medical device, such as a stent or balloon. The method comprises assembling an array of vertically-oriented carbon nanotubes on a surface of the medical device and contacting the array of carbon nanotubes with a liquid. The liquid is evaporated to form a cellular foam made of carbon nanotubes. The liquid may contain a bioactive agent. Also described are medical devices having a coating of cellular foam that is made of carbon nanotubes.