Correlating Coating Characteristics with the Performance of Drug-Coated Balloons – A Comparative In Vitro Investigation of Own Established Hydrogel- and Ionic Liquid-Based Coating Matrices

• Sebastian Kaule,

  Affiliation Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Rostock, Friedrich-Barnewitz-Straße 4, 18119, Rostock, Germany

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• Ingo Minrath,

  Affiliation Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Rostock, Friedrich-Barnewitz-Straße 4, 18119, Rostock, Germany

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• Florian Stein,

  Affiliation Institute for Chemistry—Analytical and Technical Chemistry, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 3a, 18059, Rostock, Germany

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• Udo Kragl,

  Affiliation Institute for Chemistry—Analytical and Technical Chemistry, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 3a, 18059, Rostock, Germany

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• Wolfram Schmidt,

  Affiliation Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Rostock, Friedrich-Barnewitz-Straße 4, 18119, Rostock, Germany

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• Klaus-Peter Schmitz,

  Affiliation Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Rostock, Friedrich-Barnewitz-Straße 4, 18119, Rostock, Germany

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• Katrin Sternberg,

  Affiliation Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Rostock, Friedrich-Barnewitz-Straße 4, 18119, Rostock, Germany

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• Svea Petersen

  * E-mail: svea.petersen@uni-rostock.de

  Affiliation Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Rostock, Friedrich-Barnewitz-Straße 4, 18119, Rostock, Germany

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