Medical devices, and particularly intracorporeal devices for therapeutic
or diagnostic uses, having a component chemically modified by plasma
polymerization. The medical device comprises a substrate with a plasma
polymerized functionality bonded to a surface of at least a section
thereof. The plasma polymerized film on a first component of the medical
device allows for bonding an agent or a second component to the first
component. In one embodiment, the plasma polymerized film facilitates
fusion or adhesive bonding of a first component to a second component
formed of a material which is dissimilar to, incompatible with, or
otherwise not readily bondable to the substrate material of the first
component. In another embodiment, a bioactive agent is bonded to the
plasma polymerized film on the component, for presenting or delivering
the bioactive agent within a body lumen of the patient.