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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2008
Dean Ho, Chicago, IL (US);
Mark Chen, Chicago, IL (US);
Erik Pierstorff, Highland Park, IL (US);
Houjin Huang, Evanston, IL (US);
Edward K Chow, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Genhong Cheng, Calabasas, CA (US);
Dean Ho, Chicago, IL (US);
Mark Chen, Chicago, IL (US);
Erik Pierstorff, Highland Park, IL (US);
Houjin Huang, Evanston, IL (US);
Edward K Chow, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Genhong Cheng, Calabasas, CA (US);
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are nanofilm coatings for implantable medical devices comprising a diblock or triblock copolymer (PEO-PMMA or PMOXA-PDMS-PMOXA, respectively). Such nanofilms, may be used, for example, as amphiphilic supports for therapeutic agents. These materials are conducive towards the formation of active substrates for a suite of biological and medical applications.