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US 8,998,847 B2Granted
Drug releasing coatings for medical devices
AssigneeLutonix, Inc.
InventorLixiao Wang
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Abstract
Medical devices are provided for delivering a therapeutic agent to a tissue. The medical device has a layer overlying the exterior surface of the medical device. The layer contains a therapeutic agent and an additive. The additive has a hydrophilic part and a hydrophobic part and the therapeutic agent is not enclosed in micelles or encapsulated in particles or controlled release carriers.
Claims14
A balloon catheter for delivering a therapeutic agent to a tissue, the catheter comprising a coating layer overlying an exterior surface of a balloon, the coating layer consisting essentially of a therapeutic agent and an additive, wherein:
- the therapeutic agent is one of paclitaxel, rapamycin, and combinations thereof;
- the additive is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of alanine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, cystine, glycine, histidine, proline, isoleucine, leucine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine, and combinations thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.