Patent ID: 8469943

Claim:
An implantable medical device, comprising: a catheter or a portion of a catheter adapted for introduction into a patient, the catheter or a portion of a catheter having at least one surface; a non-porous coating layer applied to the at least one surface of the catheter or a portion of a catheter, the coating layer being one of the group consisting of adsorbent and absorbent; at least one layer comprising paclitaxel or a derivative of paclitaxel posited over the at least one surface of the catheter or a portion of a catheter and over the non-porous coating layer, wherein the at least one layer comprising paclitaxel or a derivative of paclitaxel is adsorbed on or absorbed into the at least one coating layer; and at least one porous layer posited over the at least one layer comprising paclitaxel or a derivative of paclitaxel, wherein the at least one porous layer and the non-porous coating layer include the same polymer.