Patent ID: 8236341

Claim:
An implantable medical device comprising a nitric oxide-donating polytetrafluoroethylene polymer having a polymeric surface comprising the structure: wherein n is an integer between 1 and 25,000 and wherein each of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 is independently fluorine or a tertiary amine having the structure: wherein X 1 and X 2 are each independently O or not present, Y 1 and Y 2 are each independently selected from C 1 to C 10 alkyl, C 1 to C 10 alkenyl, C 1 to C 10 alkynyl, C 3 to C 8 cyclic alkyl, or any combination thereof, and each of B 1 , B 2 , B 3 , B 4 , B 5 , and B 6 is independently hydrogen or a diazeniumdiolate (DD) group, with the proviso that at least one of B 1 , B 2 , B 3 , B 4 , B 5 , and B 6 is a DD group; wherein at least one of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 is a tertiary amine of the structure of Formula 2.