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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2008
Shaw Ling Hsu, Sunderland, MA (US);
Yiwen Tang, San Jose, CA (US);
Lothar W. Kleiner, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Fuh-wei Tang, Temecula, CA (US);
NI Ding, San Jose, CA (US);
Syed Faiyaz Ahmed Hossainy, Fremont, CA (US);
Shaw Ling Hsu, Sunderland, MA (US);
Yiwen Tang, San Jose, CA (US);
Lothar W. Kleiner, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Fuh-Wei Tang, Temecula, CA (US);
Ni Ding, San Jose, CA (US);
Syed Faiyaz Ahmed Hossainy, Fremont, CA (US);
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an implantable medical device coating that has improved stability, a medical device coated with such coating, and a method of increasing the stability of an implantable medical device coating, wherein the coating comprises a stereocomplex f poly(D-lactic acid) and poly(L-lactice acid).