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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2012
Kathleen M Miller, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Gregory T Sydney, Sharon, MA (US);
Kurt Geitz, Sudbury, MA (US);
Peter L Dayton, Brookline, MA (US);
Ronald a Sahatjian, Lexington, MA (US);
Kathleen M Miller, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Gregory T Sydney, Sharon, MA (US);
Kurt Geitz, Sudbury, MA (US);
Peter L Dayton, Brookline, MA (US);
Ronald A Sahatjian, Lexington, MA (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
Implantable or insertable medical devices that provide resistance to microbial growth on and in the environment of the device and resistance to microbial adhesion and biofilm formation on the device. In particular, the implantable or insertable medical devices include at least one biocompatible matrix polymer region, an antimicrobial agent for providing resistance to microbial growth and a microbial adhesion/biofilm synthesis inhibitor for inhibiting the attachment of microbes and the synthesis and accumulation of biofilm on the surface of the medical device. Methods of manufacturing such devices under conditions that substantially prevent preferential partitioning of any of said bioactive agents to a surface of the biocompatible matrix polymer and substantially prevent chemical modification of said bioactive agents.