Patent ID: 8202528
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: A61F,A61L

Abstract:
1. An implantable medical device comprising a coating above a polymer surface of the device, the coating comprising: a block copolymer including an elastic block and an anchor block, the elastic block being a random or alternating copolymer and having elastomeric behavior at physiological conditions, the anchor block being miscible with the surface polymer, wherein the surface polymer and the anchor block comprise PLLA or LPLG and wherein the block copolymer is selected from the group consisting of P(GA-co-CL)-b-PLLA, P(GA-co-CL)-b-LPLG, P(GA-co-TMC)-b-PLLA, and P(GA-co-TMC)-b-LPLG.