Stent coating
AssigneeAdvanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
InventorsSyed F. A. Hossainy, Yiwen Tang, Andrew C. Tung, Stephen D. Pacetti
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Abstract
A stent comprising a coating layer is disclosed. The coating layer has a hydrophobic component and a hydrophilic component, wherein a region of the coating layer on or about the outermost surface of the coating layer has a higher content or concentration of the hydrophilic component than the hydrophobic component.
Claims14
A stent comprising a coating layer, the coating layer having a hydrophobic component and a hydrophilic component, wherein a region of the coating layer on or about the outermost surface of the coating layer has a higher content or concentration of the hydrophilic component than the hydrophobic component and wherein the hydrophilic component has a solubility parameter higher than about 8.5 (cal/cm3)1/2.
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