Inventors:
Angelica Alvarado - Santa Clara CA, US
Robert Eury - Cupertino CA, US
Irina D. Pomerantseva - Mountain View CA, US
Michael Froix - Mountain View CA, US
Assignee:
Quanam Medical Corporation - Santa Clara CA
International Classification:
C08F 18/20
US Classification:
526245, 526319, 526320, 5263231, 5263285, 5263292, 5263296, 623 113, 623 114, 623 116, 623 12, 623 142, 623 146
Abstract:
A polymer composition for use in forming a stent is described. The composition includes a monomer of an aliphatic ester of acrylic acid which has a glass transition temperature less than 25 C. and a second monomer that copolymerizes with the first monomer and which has a glass transition temperature greater than 25 C. The components in the composition are mixed in amounts suitable to give a copolymer having a glass transition temperature less than 25 C. , or in case of block copolymers, having at least one glass transition temperature less than 25 C. A stent including polymer members formed from the described composition is also disclosed.