Patent ID: 7232573

Claim:
A coating on an implantable medical device, the coating comprising a polymeric layer on at least a portion of the device, and a self-assembled monolayer of molecules of an organic or elemento-organic substance on the polymeric layer, wherein the polymeric layer consists of a polymer selected from the group consisting of poly(ethylene-co-vinyl alcohol) (EVAL), poly(methyl methacrylate-co-2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (PMMA-HEMA), poly(ethyl methacrylate-co-2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (PEMA-HEMA), and poly(butyl methacrylate-co-2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (PBMA-HEMA), and wherein the self-assembled monolayer has a thickness from about 10 Å to 40 Å.