Implantable devices comprising biologically absorbable polymers having constant rate of degradation and methods for fabricating the same
AssigneeAdvanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
InventorsSyed Hossainy, Stephen Pacetti, David Gale
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Abstract
Polymers that can form the substrate of an implantable medical device and form coatings for implantable medical devices and methods for their fabrication are disclosed, the coatings comprising polymers that are hydrolyzed at a substantially constant rate or that have been prepared so that they degrade at a rate closer to constant.
Claims90
A polymeric material having KA, KB, KC, KD, or KE, less than or equal to 0.01, 0.02, 0.04, 0.06, 0.08, 0.1, 0.15, 0.2, 0.25, 0.3, 0.35, 0.4, 0.45, 0.5, 0.55, 0.6, 0.65, or 0.7
A polymer with an improved degradation-versus-time profile.
A polymer composition comprising mixtures of l-PLA and d,l-PLA.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.