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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Stephen D. Pacetti, San Jose, CA (US);
Julia Fox, San Carlos, CA (US);
Assignee:
ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/00 (2006.01); A61K 31/44 (2006.01); B65B 55/18 (2006.01); B23P 25/00 (2006.01); A61L 31/08 (2006.01); A61K 31/436 (2006.01); A61L 31/16 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 31/08 (2013.01); A61K 31/436 (2013.01); A61L 31/143 (2013.01); A61L 31/16 (2013.01); A61L 2300/416 (2013.01); A61L 2420/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
This invention relates to an method of manufacture of an implantable medical device comprising an oxygen-sensitive rapamycin derivative that is protected by addition of an antioxidant during the manufacturing process where the amount of antioxidant added at the outset of the processing is such that when the device is fully fabricated, sterilized and packaged the amount of antioxidant has reduced to a minimal, preferably non-detect, amount.