Medical devices containing rapamycin analogs

摘要

A medical device comprising a supporting structure having a coating on the surface thereof, the coating containing a therapeutic substance, such as, for example, a drug. Supporting structures for the medical devices that arc suitable for use in this invention include, but arc not limited to, coronary stcnts, peripheral stcnts, catheters, arteriovenous grafts, by-pass grafts, and drug delivery balloons used in the vasculature. Drugs that are suitable for use in this invention include, but are not limited to,