Patent ID: 8389043
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: A61K,A61L,A61P

Abstract:
1. A method for making a drug-coated angioplasty catheter, comprising: applying a solution of a lipophilic drug directly to a surface of a balloon wall of a balloon of an angioplasty catheter, and drying the solution to form a coating of the lipophilic drug directly on the balloon wall to provide an outermost surface over the balloon, wherein said solution comprises a solvent, said lipophilic drug, and a contrast agent, and said lipophilic drug is selected from azithromycin, roxithromycin, probucol, prostacyclins, corticoids, rapamycin, colchicine, paclitaxel, docetaxel, and 7-(2″,3″dihydroxypropyl oxycarbonyl)-paclitaxel.