Patent ID: 9610386
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: A61L,B05D

Claim:
1. A method of coating a stent, the method comprising: mounting a stent on a support structure, the stent comprising a polymeric component; applying a treatment material comprising a surfactant, and a halogen, halogen salt, halogen complex or a moiety including a halide, to the polymeric component; grounding or applying a charge to the polymeric component; and applying a charged drug to the polymeric component such that the drug is electrostatically deposited on the stent; wherein the surfactant is selected from the group consisting of D-alpha tocopheryl polyethylene glycol 1000 succinate, Ascorbyl palmitate, gelatin, lecithin, egg-yolk phopholipid, phosphatidylcholine, polyethylene glycol-phosphatidyl ethanolamine conjugate, polyethylene glycol-phospholipid conjugates, and combinations thereof.