Abstract: Stents fabricated from polymer composites toughened by a dispersed phase are disclosed.

Abstract: Various embodiments of methods for coating stents are described herein. Applying a composition including polymer component and solvent to a stent substrate followed by exposing the polymer component to a temperature equal to or greater than a Tg of the polymer component is disclosed. Repeating the applying and exposing one or more times to form a coating with the result that the solvent content of the coating after the final exposing step is at a level suitable for a finished stent is further disclosed.

Abstract: A copolymer comprising a block of an elastin pentapeptide and method of making and using the copolymer are provided. The copolymer may be used as a coating on a stent. Methods of using a stent coated with the copolymer are also provided.

Abstract: A composition that includes nanoparticles with binding affinity for platelets, and methods for using this composition to treat vascular disease are disclosed.

Abstract: The present application teaches a coating having a biologically compatible compound conjugated to, or blended with, a polymer, wherein the polymer includes at least one olefin-derived unit and at least one unit derived from a vinyl alcohol, an allyl alcohol, or derivatives thereof.

Abstract: The present application teaches a coating having a biologically compatible compound conjugated to, or blended with, a polymer, wherein the polymer includes at least one olefin-derived unit and at least one unit derived from a vinyl alcohol, an allyl alcohol, or derivatives thereof.

Abstract: An aliphatic polyester polymer for stent coating is described.

Abstract: The present invention provides a block copolymer for a coating on an implantable device for controlling release of drug and methods of making and using the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the treatment of vascular disease in a diabetic patient using a drug-eluting implantable medical device that releases everolimus from three distinctly loaded drug reservoir layers wherein at least one of the layers comprises at least 200 ?g/cm2 of everolimus and further wherein the everolimus is the only therapeutic agent in the layers or the layers or any combination thereof further comprise an anti-inflammatory agent or an RGD peptide or both.

Abstract: Provided herein is a coating an elastic primer layer and the method of making and using the same.

Abstract: The present invention provides an implantable device having a biosoluble coating comprising a polyelectrolyte and a counterion and the methods of making and using the same.

Abstract: The present invention provides an implantable device having a coating including a slow dissolving polymer or material and the methods of making and using the same.

Abstract: Medical devices and coatings for medical devices are disclosed, including methods for forming the devices and coatings. The devices and coatings comprise a phase-separated block copolymer matrix and one or more active agents. The phase-separated block copolymer matrix can be used to modulate the release-rate of one or more active agents from the medical device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to implantable medical devices containing surface-treated, dual-targeted drug carriers for treating vascular diseases.

Abstract: The present invention provides an implantable device having a biosoluble coating or a biosoluble body structure comprising a polyelectrolyte and a counterion and the methods of making and using the same.

Abstract: A composition comprising a structural component comprising linear acrylic homopolymers or linear acrylic copolymers and a biobeneficial component comprising copolymers having an acrylate moiety and a biobeneficial moiety is disclosed. A medical article comprising the composition in the coating thereof and a method of fabricating the medical article are also disclosed.

Abstract: Various embodiments of methods for coating stents are described herein. Applying a composition including polymer component and solvent to a stent substrate followed by exposing the polymer component to a temperature equal to or greater than a Tg of the polymer component is disclosed. Repeating the applying and exposing one or more times to form a coating with the result that the solvent content of the coating after the final exposing step is at a level suitable for a finished stent is further disclosed.

Abstract: A method of treating vascular disease in a patient is disclosed that comprises deploying a bioabsorbable polymer scaffold composed of a plurality of struts at a stenotic segment of an artery of a patient, wherein after the scaffold supports the segment at an increased diameter for a period of time the polymer degrades and is progressively replaced by de novo formation of malleable provisional matrix comprising proteoglycan, wherein as the scaffold becomes more malleable and becomes disconnected as it degrades, wherein following coverage of the struts by a neointima layer and loss of mechanical support provided by the scaffold, the scaffold is pulled outward by positive remodeling of the vessel wall of the scaffolded segment.

Abstract: A composite stent and a method for making the same are provided.

Abstract: A method of coating a stent is presented such that less than 50% of the total amount of 40-O-(2-hydroxyl)ethyl-rapamycin, or an analog or derivative thereof, is released in vivo in a 24 hour period, wherein the method comprises exposing the coating to sufficient temperature to modify the structure of the polymer.