Medical articles having therapeutic-agent-containing regions formed from coalesced polymer particles
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsMarlene Schwarz, Robert Richard, Sheng-Ping Zhong
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Abstract
Medical articles, such as drug-releasing patches or implantable or insertable medical devices, which are made up of a medical article substrate and a therapeutic-agent-containing region. The therapeutic-agent-containing region is made up of (i) a water-dispersible therapeutic agent therapeutic agent and (ii) coalesced polymer particles supplied by an aqueous dispersion. Also described are methods of forming such medical articles, and methods of releasing a therapeutic agent within a patient using such medical articles.
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A medical article comprising a medical article substrate and a therapeutic-agent-containing region disposed over said substrate, wherein said therapeutic-agent-containing region comprises (i) a water-dispersible therapeutic agent and (ii) coalesced polymer particles of an aqueous dispersion
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