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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2011
Applicants:
Robert E. Richard, Wrentham, MA (US);
Marlene C. Schwarz, Auburndale, MA (US);
Rudolf Faust, Lexington, MA (US);
Inventors:
Robert E. Richard, Wrentham, MA (US);
Marlene C. Schwarz, Auburndale, MA (US);
Rudolf Faust, Lexington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/22 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); C08F 8/00 (2006.01); C08F 297/02 (2006.01); A61L 31/06 (2006.01); A61L 27/16 (2006.01); A61L 27/34 (2006.01); A61L 29/06 (2006.01); A61L 29/08 (2006.01); A61L 31/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 31/06 (2013.01); A61L 27/16 (2013.01); A61L 27/34 (2013.01); A61L 29/06 (2013.01); A61L 29/085 (2013.01); A61L 31/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to an aspect of the present invention, implantable or insertable medical devices are provided, which contain one or more polymeric regions. These polymeric regions, in turn, contain one or more polymers, at least one of which is a copolymer that includes the following: (a) one or more unsaturated hydrocarbon monomer species and (b) one or more heteroatom-containing monomer species.