Patent ID: 8545868

Claim:
An implantable medical device comprising: a device body; an optional primer layer disposed over the device body; and a drug reservoir layer disposed over the device body or the primer layer, if opted, wherein the drug reservoir layer comprises: i) a blend of a high molecular weight copolymer of L-lactide, D,L-lactide, or meso-lactide with ε-caprolactone or trimethylene carbonate and a low molecular weight copolymer of lactic acid or glycolic acid with ε-caprolactone or trimethylene carbonate at least a portion of which is substituted with a pendant hemocompatible and/or prohealing moiety; or ii) a high molecular weight copolymer of L-lactide, D,L-lactide, or meso-lactide with ε-caprolactone or trimethylene carbonate, and a topcoat layer comprising a low molecular weight copolymer of lactic acid or glycolic acid with ε-caprolactone or trimethylene carbonate at least a portion of which is substituted with a pendant hemocompatible and/or prohealing moiety; and one or more therapeutic agents, wherein the drug reservoir layer or the topcoat layer of i) or ii) comprises the copolymer of i) or ii) having the formula: wherein: L comprises a Linker; and, m is from about 0.01 to about 0.99; n is from about 0.99 to about 0.01; and n+m=1.