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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2012
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
Shaina Brito, Winchester, MA (US);
Frederick Strickler, Natick, MA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 293/00 (2006.01); A61L 31/04 (2006.01); A61L 27/16 (2006.01); A61L 29/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 31/048 (2013.01); C08F 293/00 (2013.01); A61L 27/16 (2013.01); A61L 29/041 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with various aspects of the invention, implantable and insertable medical devices are provided, which contain one or more polymeric regions. In one aspect, the polymeric regions comprise (a) a block copolymer that comprises a polyaromatic block and a polyalkene block admixed with (b) a sulfonated high Tg polymer. In another aspect, the polymeric regions comprise a block copolymer that comprises (a) a sulfonated polymer block and (b) fluorinated polymer block.