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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2009
Maria Palasis, Wellesley, MA (US);
Wendy Naimark, Cambridge, MA (US);
Robert E. Richard, Wrentham, MA (US);
Maria Palasis, Wellesley, MA (US);
Wendy Naimark, Cambridge, MA (US);
Robert E. Richard, Wrentham, MA (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention is generally directed to medical devices, and more specifically to medical devices that are at least partially insertable or implantable into the body of a patient. The medical devices generally include (a) a therapeutic agent, more typically, a high-molecular-weight therapeutic agent, and (b) at least one polymeric layer, which typically acts to control the release of the therapeutic agent from the medical device. Also disclosed herein are methods of making such medical devices.