Patent ID: 8741378
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: A61F,A61K,A61L,B05D

Abstract:
1. A method of coating an implantable device or an implantable portion of a medical device comprising: providing, on a support structure, a medical device capable of being implanted; adjusting the temperature of the implantable medical device to a target temperature; atomizing a coating substance with a gaseous propellant, the coating substance comprising a solvent, a polymer dissolved in the solvent, and a therapeutic substance; and applying the coating substance onto the implantable medical device after starting the act of adjusting the temperature and while the implantable medical device is supported by the support structure, wherein the implantable medical device is not a catheter liner, the target temperature selected is below a temperature which causes thermal degradation of the therapeutic substance, and the adjusting step ending is selected from the following: