Patent ID: 7208012
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: A61L,C08F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A coated surgical implant comprising a coating and a substrate wherein the coating and the substrate are not identical, the coating is attached to the substrate by covalent bonds, the coating is from about 0.01 to about 1 μm thick, and the coating comprises a covalently cross-linked copolymer comprising (i) a hydrophobic aryl acrylic monomer of the formula wherein: A is H, CH (ii) a hydrophilic monomer selected from the group consisting of hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylates; n-vinyl pyrrolidone and acrylamides; (iii) a reactive plasticizer of the formula wherein: X and X′ are independently H, CH and a cross-linking agent, and wherein the covalently cross-linked copolymer is capable of absorbing from at least 5 to about 90% water.