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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2007
Applicants:
Stephen D. Pacetti, San Jose, CA (US);
Yiwen Tang, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Stephen D. Pacetti, San Jose, CA (US);
Yiwen Tang, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 47/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A coating for implantable medical devices and a method for fabricating thereof are disclosed. The coating includes a mixture of a hydrophobic polymer and a polymeric hydrophilic additive, wherein the hydrophobic polymer and the hydrophilic additive form a physically entangled or interpenetrating system.