Patent ID: 7776926

Claim:
A coating for an implantable medical device, the coating including a block copolymer, the copolymer comprising at least one structural block comprising at least one biologically compatible structural moiety included in its backbone and at least one biologically active block comprising at least one biologically active moiety attached in its backbone, wherein the structural moiety comprises units derived from CH 2 ═CX—M where X is hydrogen or methyl and M is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or an ester group O═C(OR)—; and where R is an alkyl or aryl group, and wherein the biologically active block comprises units derived from a monomer selected from: 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid, poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate, 3-sulfopropyl acrylate, 3-sulfopropyl methacrylate, N-vinylpyrrolidone, acryloyl-, methacryloyl-, or 3-allyloxy-2-hydroxypropanesulfonic acid.