Patent · US Expired

Ethylene vinyl alcohol composition and coating

US6759054B2 · kind B2 · utility

166Cited by

51References

15Claims

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Assignee

Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

Yung-Ming Chen · Cupertino, US
Ashok Shah · San Jose, US
Vinayak Bhat · Sunnyvale, US
Syed F. A. Hossainy · Fremont, US
Daryush Mirzaee · Sunnyvale, US
Evgenia Mandrusov · Campbell, US
Deborra Sanders-Millare · San Jose, US
Judy A. Guruwaiya · San Jose, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 28, 2000
Grant date	Jul 6, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 6, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/2955
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An ethylene vinyl alcohol coating for an implantable device or prosthesis, such as a stent, is provided. Compositions are also provided for coating the implantable device. The compositions can include an ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer added to an iso-propyl alcohol (IPA)/water solvent. Active agents, such as actinomycin D, can be included in the composition to be carried by the copolymer matrix.

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