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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2009
Applicants:
Kishore Udipi, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Ya Guo, Cotati, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kishore Udipi, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Ya Guo, Cotati, CA (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61L 31/02 (2006.01); A61L 31/10 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01); A61L 31/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 31/022 (2013.01); A61L 31/10 (2013.01); A61L 31/148 (2013.01); A61L 31/16 (2013.01); A61L 2300/416 (2013.01); A61L 2300/606 (2013.01);
Abstract
Implantable medical devices having a metallic surface coated with a bioabsorbable primer polymer layer under a bioabsorbable drug polymer layer. Thus, in addition to the degradation of the drug polymer layer, there is degradation of the primer layer. The underlying metallic framework may or may not degrade depending on whether bioabsorbable or biostable metals are chosen.