Patent ID: 8900603

Claim:
A transient medical device having a surface with a self assembling coating deposited thereon, said self assembling coating comprising (i) an oligofluorinated oligomer of formula (XV-C): wherein F T is a polyfluoroorgano group; L is a linker; X 1 is H, CH 3 , or CH 2 CH 3 ; X 2 is H, CH 3 , or CH 2 CH 3 ; and n is an integer from 5 to 50; or formula (XVII): wherein F T is a polyfluoroorgano group; L 2 is a substituted or unsubstituted C 1-10 alkyl, a heteroalkyl of 1 to 10 atoms, a C 2-10 alkene, a C 2-10 alkyne, a C 5-10 aryl, a cyclic system of 3 to 10 atoms, —(CH 2 CH 2 O) q CH 2 CH 2 — in which q is an integer of 1 to 10; X 1 is H, CH 3 , or CH 2 CH 3 ; X 2 is H, CH 3 , or CH 2 CH 3 ; and n is an integer from 5 to 50; and (ii) a biologically active agent, wherein said transient medical device comprises an energy generating element, said energy generating element being capable of disrupting said self assembling coating when activated; or said transient medical device is a deformable transient medical device which, upon being deployed into a deformed configuration, mechanically disrupts said self assembling coating.