New biocompatible, coated, implantable medicinal devices, e.g. stents, obtained by thermally carbonizing a polymeric coating, useful e.g. for controlled drug release

摘要

New biocompatible, coated, implantable medicinal devices are obtained by: (a) partially coating a medicinal device with a film of polymer (I); and (b) heating the film in an oxygen-free atmosphere at 200-2500 [deg]C, to provide a carbon-containing layer on the device.