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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2008
Applicant:
Robert K Schultz, Poway, CA (US);
Inventor:
Robert K Schultz, Poway, CA (US);
Assignee:
REVA Medical, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to oil-based formulations of hydrophobic drugs for the uniform coating of medical devices such as vascular stents and balloons. Another aspect of the present invention is an intravascular medical device having an oil-based coating suitable for delivering a water-insoluble drug, comprising one or more of an anti-oxidant, an anti-inflammatory and an anti-restenotic agent.