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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2013
Applicant:
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Byron Lambert, Temecula, CA (US);
Yunbing Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
James Oberhauser, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 3/28 (2006.01); A61L 31/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61L 31/06 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01); A61L 31/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 31/143 (2013.01); C08J 2367/04 (2013.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61L 31/06 (2013.01); A61L 31/148 (2013.01); C08J 3/28 (2013.01); A61L 31/041 (2013.01);
Abstract
A stent scaffolding including a polymer formulation comprising PLLA and polymandelide is disclosed. The polymandelide reduces the molecular weight drop during processing, particularly during sterilization. The stent scaffolding can further include one or more additional stabilizing agents that additionally reduce the molecular weight drop during processing.