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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2008
Florencia Lim, Union City, CA (US);
Mikael O. Trollsas, San Jose, CA (US);
Xinmin Xu, Libertyville, IL (US);
Bozena Zofia Maslanka, Aptos, CA (US);
Florencia Lim, Union City, CA (US);
Mikael O. Trollsas, San Jose, CA (US);
Xinmin Xu, Libertyville, IL (US);
Bozena Zofia Maslanka, Aptos, CA (US);
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
This invention is generally related to coatings for implantable medical devices, such as drug delivery vascular stents. The coating includes a drug reservoir layer above the outer surface of the device body, the drug reservoir layer with a peptide or protein, a hydrophobic drug, and a polymer with a weight average molecular weight between about 10,000 to about 150,000 Daltons. A preferred polymer is a poly(ester amide) polymer.