Patent ID: 7897168
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: A61F,A61L,C08G,C09D

Abstract:
1. An implantable medical device having a controlled release biodegradable polymer coating thereon, wherein the polymeric coating comprises: a polymer of the general structure of Formula 6: at least one drug selected from the group consisting of FKBP-12 binding agents, estrogens, chaperone inhibitors, protease inhibitors, protein-tyrosine kinase inhibitors, leptomycin B, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma ligands (PPARγ), hypothemycin, nitric oxide, bisphosphonates, epidermal growth factor inhibitors, antibodies, proteasome inhibitors, antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, anti-sense nucleotides and transforming nucleic acids.