Bonding layers for medical device surface coatings

Overview

Information

Number: 5997517
Application: 08/791440
Filing date: 01/27/1997
Issue date: 12/07/1999
Inventor(s): Richard J. Whitbourne

US Classification: 424/422; 424/475; 424/482; 427/2.3; 604/12; 604/265; 623/901

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Abstract

Abstract

A medical device is coated with a thin coherent bond coat of acrylics, epoxies, acetals, ethylene copolymers, vinyl polymers, polymers containing hydroxyl, amine, carboxyl, amide, or other reactive groups, and copolymers thereof. Outer layers may be applied and remain adherent to the substrate in water for an extended period. The bond coat may comprise cross linkers such as urea resins, melamines, isocyanates, and phenolics. Preferred polymers include vinylpyrrolidone-vinyl acetate, styrene acrylic polymer, ethylene acrylic acid copolymer, carboxyl function acrylic polymer, hydroxyl function acrylic polymer, and acrylic dispersion polymer. The coatings may be applied to inert metal or plastic surfaces of medical devices such as needles, guide wires, catheters, surgical instruments, equipment for endoscopy, wires, stents, angioplasty balloons, wound drains, arteriovenous shunts, gastroenteric tubes, urethral inserts, laparoscopic equipment, pellets, and implants. Methods of coating and coating liquids are provided.

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8642062	Implantable device having a slow dissolving polymer	2014/02/04
8647655	Biocompatible polyacrylate compositions for medical applications	2014/02/11
8673334	Stent coatings comprising hydrophilic additives	2014/03/18
8685430	Tailored aliphatic polyesters for stent coatings	2014/04/01
8697110	Polymers comprising amorphous terpolymers and semicrystalline blocks	2014/04/15
8697113	Coating comprising a terpolymer comprising caprolactone and glycolide	2014/04/15
8703169	Implantable device having a coating comprising carrageenan and a biostable polymer	2014/04/22
8722826	Zwitterionic terpolymers, method of making and use on medical devices	2014/05/13
8778014	Coatings for preventing balloon damage to polymer coated stents	2014/07/15
8791171	Biodegradable coatings for implantable medical devices	2014/07/29
8808342	Nanoshell therapy	2014/08/19
8871236	Biocompatible polyacrylate compositions for medical applications	2014/10/28
8871883	Biocompatible coating for implantable medical devices	2014/10/28
8883175	Block copolymers of acrylates and methacrylates with fluoroalkenes	2014/11/11
8889170	Implantable device having a coating with a triblock copolymer	2014/11/18
8916188	Block copolymer comprising at least one polyester block and a poly (ethylene glycol) block	2014/12/23
8932615	Implantable devices formed on non-fouling methacrylate or acrylate polymers	2015/01/13
8952123	Dioxanone-based copolymers for implantable devices	2015/02/10
8961584	Composite stent with regioselective material	2015/02/24
8986726	Biocompatible polyacrylate compositions for medical applications	2015/03/24
9056155	Coatings having an elastic primer layer	2015/06/16
9067000	End-capped poly(ester amide) copolymers	2015/06/30
9090745	Biodegradable triblock copolymers for implantable devices	2015/07/28
9101697	Hyaluronic acid based copolymers	2015/08/11
9339592	Polymers of fluorinated monomers and hydrocarbon monomers	2016/05/17
9345668	Implantable device having a slow dissolving polymer	2016/05/24
9364498	Heparin prodrugs and drug delivery stents formed therefrom	2016/06/14
9375445	Heparin prodrugs and drug delivery stents formed therefrom	2016/06/28
9381279	Implantable devices formed on non-fouling methacrylate or acrylate polymers	2016/07/05
9446173	Block copolymers of acrylates and methacrylates with fluoroalkenes	2016/09/20
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9468707	Biodegradable triblock copolymers for implantable devices	2016/10/18
9580558	Polymers containing siloxane monomers	2017/02/28
9629944	Implantable device with a triblock polymer coating	2017/04/25
9737638	Polyester amide copolymers having free carboxylic acid pendant groups	2017/08/22
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6214901	Bioactive agent release coating	2001/04/10
6344035	Bioactive agent release coating	2002/02/05
6890583	Bioactive agent release coating	2005/05/10
7008667	Bioactive agent release coating	2006/03/07
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7097850	Bioactive agent release coating and controlled humidity method	2006/08/29
7442402	Bioactive agent release coating	2008/10/28
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7544673	Coating compositions for bioactive agents	2009/06/09
7691476	Hydrophilic polymeric coatings for medical articles	2010/04/06
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7824704	Controlled release bioactive agent delivery device	2010/11/02
7833548	Bioactive agent release coating and controlled humidity method	2010/11/16
7976862	Controlled release bioactive agent delivery device	2011/07/12
8021680	Controlled release bioactive agent delivery device	2011/09/20
8034369	Controlled release bioactive agent delivery device	2011/10/11
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7928176	Copolymers having zwitterionic moieties and dihydroxyphenyl moieties and medical devices coated with the copolymers	2011/04/19
7928177	Amino acid mimetic copolymers and medical devices coated with the copolymers	2011/04/19
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8399584	Copolymers having zwitterionic moieties and dihydroxyphenyl moieties and medical devices coated with the copolymers	2013/03/19
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Tech Analysis

Class	Subclass	Type	Reference Factor	Citation Factor	Strength	Grant time	Early grant (%)
424	422	Emerging	Sustaining	Seminal	Medium	Average	52.2
424	475	Declining	Sustaining	Seminal	Medium	Average	64.7
424	482	Stable	Sustaining	Seminal	Medium	Average	68.9
427	2.3	Stable	Sustaining	Seminal	Medium	Average	68.3
604	12	Stable	Sustaining	Seminal	Medium	Average	56.5
604	265	Emerging	Average	Seminal	Medium	Average	60.6
623	901	Stable	Sustaining	Seminal	Medium	Average	65.3