Patent ID: 7655038
Filing Date: 2010-02-02
Classification: A61L,B32B,C08F,C09D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A coating for a medical device for delivery of a therapeutic agent, the coating comprising a layer with a thickness between about 0.1 μm and about 1000 μm and having a composition associated with at least a portion of the device, wherein the composition comprises the therapeutic agent associated with copolymer free of covalent crosslinks that has a weight averaged molecular weight of at least about 2500, wherein the copolymer comprises a first monomer unit and a second monomer unit, wherein the second monomer unit has a glass transition temperature that is at least about 30 degrees Centigrade higher than the glass transition temperature of the first monomer unit, with a glass transition temperature of a monomer unit being defined as a glass transition temperature of a homopolymer of that monomer unit.