Protective coatings for medical devices
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorJason T. Lenz
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Abstract
This invention relates to a method of providing a coating on a medical device, especially a dilatation balloon, which improves the durability of the balloon.
Claims14
A medical balloon insertable in the body, said medical device having a substantially uniform noncontinuous protective surface coating, the medical balloon is formed from a first polymer layer, the first polymer layer is exposed where the coating is noncontinuous.
A dilatation balloon having improved durability formed from a thermoplastic polymer, said balloon having a non-continuous protective coating, the balloon formed from a first polymer layer, wherein the first polymer layer is exposed where the protective coating is non-continuous.
A medical device insertable in the body having a protective coating on a surface thereof, said coating being applied to said medical device in a substantially uniform discontinuous pattern, the medical device formed from a first polymer layer, the first polymer layer is exposed by the substantially uniform discontinuous pattern of the protective coating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.