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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2008
Applicants:
Paul Coates, Corte Madera, CA (US);
Brian Cook, Windsor, CA (US);
Inventors:
Paul Coates, Corte Madera, CA (US);
Brian Cook, Windsor, CA (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 33/00 (2006.01); B05D 3/00 (2006.01); A61K 9/14 (2006.01); A61F 2/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A drug coating is formed by vaporizing a drug in a deposition chamber having an implantable medical device such as a stent loaded therein. A vacuum is utilized to lower the pressure within the deposition chamber, thereby reducing the temperature necessary to vaporize the drug. The drug is then deposited onto the implantable medical device while in a vapor phase to form the drug coating.