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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2009
Applicants:
Daniel J. Gregorich, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Shawn Sorenson, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Michael P. Meyer, Richfield, MN (US);
Inventors:
Daniel J. Gregorich, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Shawn Sorenson, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Michael P. Meyer, Richfield, MN (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Described herein are implantable medical devices for delivering a therapeutic agent to the body tissue of a patient, and methods for making such medical devices. In particular, the implantable medical devices, such as intravascular stents, have a coating which includes at least one coating composition and has an exposed abluminal surface and an exposed luminal surface or exposed side surface.