Implantable medical devices fabricated from branched polymers
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1. A stent fabricated from a polymeric material comprising an unbranched biodegradable polymer blended with a branched biodegradable polymer, wherein a majority of the polymeric material comprises the unbranched polymer.
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Abstract
This invention relates to implantable medical devices, such as stents, fabricated from hyperbranched-like polymers, comb-like polymers, star polymers, dendrimer-like star polymers, dendrimers, and mixtures thereof.
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- 1. A stent fabricated from a polymeric material comprising an unbranched biodegradable polymer blended with a branched biodegradable polymer, wherein a majority of the polymeric material comprises the unbranched polymer.
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