MEDICAL DEVICES WITH COATINGS FOR DELIVERY OF A THERAPEUTIC AGENT

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APP PUB NO 20090028785A1
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12175487

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Described herein are implantable coated medical devices, such as intravascular stents, for delivering therapeutic agents to the body tissue of a patient, and methods for making such medical devices. In particular, described herein are implantable coated medical devices comprising a substrate having a surface, and a coating disposed upon the surface that comprises a coating composition that includes a releasable metal oxide. The coating is free of polymer or a particular type of polymer that is not a part of any releasable metal oxide.

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BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED INCONE SCIMED PLACE MAPLE GROVE MN 55311

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Clarke, John T Kiniska, IE 39 798

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