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US 7,585,516 B2Granted
Coatings for drug delivery devices
AssigneeAdvanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
InventorStephen Dirk Pacetti
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Abstract
A polymer coating for medical devices based on a polyolefin derivative. A variety of polymers are described to make coatings for medical devices, particularly, for drug delivery stents. The polymers include homo-, co-, and terpolymers having at least one olefin-derived unit and at least one unit derived from vinyl alcohol, allyl alcohol and derivatives thereof.
Claims7
A medical article, comprising a stent and a coating disposed on at least a portion of the stent, the coating comprising a polymer that comprises poly(ethylene-co-α-methvinyl alcohol).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.