Patent ID: 8389044
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: A61L

Abstract:
1. A method of treating a disorder in a patient comprising implanting in a patient a medical device formed according to a method which comprises providing a coating composition comprising a polymer, a solvent of the polymer, and a non-solvent of the polymer, applying the coating composition onto the medical device, inducing phase inversion in the coating composition, and causing the coating composition to form a layer of the coating on the medical device, wherein the polymer phase separates into a polymer-rich phase that surrounds a dispersed non-solvent-rich phase, wherein the coating has a controlled morphology for controlling the release of an agent from the coating, wherein the polymer comprises a poly(ester amide) (PEA) selected from the group consisting of PEA-TEMPO, PEA-Benzyl, a poly(ester amide) of 0.5 L-Leucine (cyclohexanediol) 0.5 L-Leucine (hexanediol) sebacinate, and a poly(ester amide) of phenyl alainine (propanediol) sebacinate.