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Method for fabricating a coating for a medical device

  • US 6,926,919 B1
  • Filed: 02/26/2003
  • Issued: 08/09/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for fabricating a coating for an implantable medical device, comprising:

  • (a) forming a coating on the device, the coating including a blend of a hydrophobic polymer and a hydrophilic polymer; and

    (b) treating the coating with a stimulus for enriching a region close to or at the outer surface of the coating with the hydrophilic polymer, wherein the hydrophilic polymer has a Hildebrand solubility parameter higher than about 11 (cal/cm3)1/2.

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