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U.S. Appl. No. 10/255,913, filed Sep. 26, 2002, Tang et al.

U.S. Appl. No. 10/262,161, filed Sep. 30, 2002, Pacetti.

U.S. Appl. No. 10/266,479, filed Oct. 8, 2002, Hossainy.

U.S. Appl. No. 10/304,669, filed Nov. 25, 2002, Madriaga et al.
U.S. Appl. No. 10/330,412, filed Dec. 27, 2002, Hossainy et al.
U.S. Appl. No. 10/376,027, filed Feb. 26, 2003, Kokish et al.

U.S. Appl. No. 10/438,378, filed May 15, 2003, Esbeck et al.

U.S. Appl. No. 10/660,853, filed Sep. 12, 2003, Pacetti et al.

U.S. Appl. No. 10/729,551, filed Dec. 5, 2003, Pacetti.

U.S. Appl. No. 10/729,728, filed Dec. 5, 2003, Pacetti.

U.S. Appl. No. 10/750,312, filed Dec. 30, 2003, Desnoyer et al.
U.S. Appl. No. 10/805,047, filed Mar. 18, 2004, Yip et al.

U.S. Appl. No. 10/813,845, filed Mar. 30, 2004, Pacetti.

U.S. Appl. No. 10/817,642, filed Apr. 2, 2004, Kerrigan.

U.S. Appl. No. 11/193,849, filed Jul. 28, 2005, Harold et al.

U.S. Appl. No. 11/222,052, filed Sep. 7, 2005, Pacetti et al.

U.S. Appl. No. 11/222,053, filed Sep. 7, 2005, Pacetti et al.

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Barbucci et al., Coating of commercially available materials with a new heparinizable material, J. Biomed. Mater. Res. 25:1259-1274 (Oct. 1991).

Chung et al., Inner core segment design for drug delivery control of thermo-responsive polymeric micelles, Journal of Controlled Release 65:93-103 (2000).

Coating Techniques, Air Knife Coating, http://www.ferron-magnetic.co.uldcoatings/airknife.htm, 1 page, printed Jul. 1, 2003. Coating Techniques, Gap Coating, http://www.ferron-magnetic.co. uk/coatings/knife.htrn, 1 page, printed Jul. 1, 2003.

Coating Techniques, Gravure Coating, http://www.ferron-magnetic. couldcoatinqs/gravure.htm, 2 pages, printed Jul. 1, 2003.

Coating Techniques, Reverse Roll Coating, http://www.ferron-magnetic.co.uldcoatings/revroll.htrn, 2 pages, printed Jul. 1, 2003.

Dev et al., Kinetics of Drug Delivery to the Arterial Wall J/la Polyurethane-Coated Removable Nitinol Stent.‘ Comparative Study of Two Drugs, Catl1eterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis 34:272278 (1995).

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Helmus, Overview of Biomedical Materials, MRS Bulletin, pp. 33-38 (Sep. 1991).

Herdeg et al., Antiproliferative Stent Coatings.‘ Taxol and Related Compounds, Semin. Intervent. Cardiol. 3: 197-199 (1998).

Huang et al., Biodegradable Polymers Derived from Aminoacids, Macromol. Syrnp. 144, 7-32 (1999).

Illbruck Sealant Systems, Application.‘ Window and Perimeter Silicone, http://www.willseal.com/usa/produktuebersicht/dichtstoffe/ perwindow/verlegeianleitung . . . , printed Nov. 29, 2004 (3 pages). Inoue et al., An AB block copolymer of oligo(methyl methacrylate) and poly(acrylic acid) for micellar delivery of hydrophobic drugs, Journal of Controlled Release 51:221-229 (1998).

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Kataoka et al., Block copolymer micelles as vehicles for drug delivery, Journal of Controlled Release 24: 1 19-132 (1993).

Kim, Solid State Sintering, AMSE 604 Solid State Reactions and Sintering, Electroceramic laboratory in Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, POSTECH, Pohang University of Science and Technology (20 pages).

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Miyazaki et al., Antitumor Ejfect of Implanted Ethylene- J/myl Alcohol Copolymer Matrices Containing Anticancer Agents on Ehrlich Ascites Carcinoma and P388 Leukemia in Mice, Chem. Pharm. Bull. 33(6) 2490-2498 (1985).

Miyazawa et a1.,Eflects ofPemirolast and Tranilast on Intimal Thickening After Arterial Injury in the Rat, J . Cardiovasc. Pharmacol., pp. 157-162 (1997).

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Ozaki et al., New Stent Technologies, Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases, vol. XXXIX(2): 129-140 (Sep./Oct. 1996).

Pechar et al., Poly(ethylene glycol) Multiblock Copolymer as a Carrier of Anti-Cancer Drug Doxorubicin, Bioconjucate Chemistry 11(2): 13 1-139 (Mar./Apr. 2000).

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Invitation to Pay Additional Fees for PCT/US2007/009115, filed Apr. 13, 2007, mailed Oct. 26, 2007, 10 pgs.

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