| abstract |
"MEDICAL DEVICES CONTAINING RAPAMICIN ANALOGS". It is a medical device comprising a support structure having a coating on its surface, the coating containing a therapeutic substance, such as, for example, a drug. Supporting structures for medical devices that are suitable for use in this invention include, but are not limited to, coronary probes, peripheral probes, catheters, arteriovenous grafts, shunt grafts, and drug delivery balloons used in the vasculature. Drugs that are suitable for use in this invention include, but are not limited to, the |