Patent ID: 8062353
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: A61L

Abstract:
1. A structural element of an implantable medical device, a surface of the structural element comprises an abluminal side, a luminal side, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall, the first and second sidewalls extending between the abluminal side and the luminal side, the first sidewall including a first sidewall portion adjacent to the abluminal side, wherein the structural element has a coating comprising: a continuous first layer disposed above all of the abluminal side and over the first sidewall portion as measured along an axis normal to the first sidewall portion, wherein the luminal side and other portions of the first sidewall are free from the first layer; and a continuous second layer covering the first layer such that a portion of the first layer is not covered by the second layer, wherein the luminal side is free from the second layer.