Patent ID: 7261946

Claim:
An implantable device comprising a coating which comprises a block copolymer, the block copolymer comprising a fluorinated block and at least one non-fluorinated block, wherein the fluorinated block is a poly(fluoroalkene), and wherein the fluorinated block has repeating units of the following structure: wherein the non-fluorinated block has repeating units of the following structure: wherein R 1 is selected from the group consisting of —CH 3 , —CF 3 , —CH 2 CH 3 , —CH 2 CH 2 CH 3 , —CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH 3 , -phenyl, naphthyl, —COOR 3 , and —CONR 3 R 4 ; wherein R 2 is selected from the group consisting of —H, —CH 3 , —CF 3 , —CH 2 CH 3 , —CH 2 CH 2 CH 3 , —CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH 3 , -phenyl, and naphthyl; and wherein R 3 and R 4 are selected from the group consisting of —CH 3 , —CH 2 CH 3 , —CH 2 CH 2 CH 3 , —CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH 3 , —CH 2 CH 2 OH, and -PEG.