Patent ID: 7919108

Claim:
A coated implantable medical device having at least one surface and comprising a coating on the at least one surface, the coating comprising: a taxane therapeutic agent including a taxane therapeutic agent in a first taxane solid form characterized by a vibrational spectrum comprising at least two peaks between 1735 and 1705 cm −1 and a solubility of less than 20% wt. after 24 hours in porcine serum at 37° C., and a second taxane solid form of the taxane therapeutic agent characterized by a vibrational spectrum comprising one peak between 1735 and 1705 cm −1 and a solubility of greater than 50% wt. after 24 hours in porcine serum at 37° C., wherein at least 10% of the taxane therapeutic agent is present in the first taxane solid form.