Patent ID: 9283358
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: A61K,A61L,A61M,A61P

Claim Text:
1. A medical device for delivering a therapeutic agent to a tissue, the medical device comprising a coating layer overlying an exterior surface of the medical device, the coating layer consisting essentially of a therapeutic agent and an additive, wherein: the medical device is a stent, a stent graft, or a balloon catheter; the therapeutic agent is a water insoluble drug chosen from paclitaxel, rapamycin, daunorubicin, doxorubicin, lapachone, vitamin D2, vitamin D3, and combinations thereof; the additive is an amino acid selected from the group consisting of alanine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, cystine, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, methionine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, valine, and combinations thereof.