MEDICAL DEVICE WITH COATING THAT PROMOTES ENDOTHELIAL CELL ADHERENCE
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for healing blood vessels by stimulating the formation of a confluent endothelial autologous cell layer in vivo on an implantable metallic stent having a lumen and a luminal surface, and an exterior surface. More specifically, the method includes implanting the stent with a coating in a patient in need of thereof; wherein the coating includes one or more layers of a matrix covalently adherent on said luminal and exterior surface of said stent containing one or more pharmaceutical substances on said exterior surface and a therapeutically effective amount of a single type of antibody, antibody fragments or combinations thereof being compatible to binding selectively to a specific cell surface antigen of circulating autologous endothelial progenitor cells in peripheral blood. In addition, genetically engineered endothelial progenitor cells can be captured on said luminal surface of stent in vivo, to proliferate to form rapidly a confluent endothelium in situ.
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52 Claims
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1-32. -32. (canceled)
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33. A method for stimulating the formation of a confluent endothelial autologous cell layer in vivo on an implantable metallic stent having a lumen and a luminal surface, and an exterior surface comprising the steps of:
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implanting a metallic stent with a coating to a patient in need of said stent;
wherein said coating comprises one or more layers of a matrix covalently adherent on said luminal and exterior surface of said stent;said one or more layers of the matrix containing one or more pharmaceutical substances on said exterior surface; and a therapeutically effective amount of a single type of antibody, antibody fragments or combinations thereof tethered to said coating, said single type of antibody, antibody fragments or combinations thereof being compatible to binding selectively to a specific cell surface antigen of circulating autologous endothelial progenitor cells in peripheral blood and capturing endothelial progenitor cells or genetically engineered endothelial progenitor cells on said luminal surface of stent in vivo, and wherein said coating stimulates adherence and proliferation of said endothelial progenitor cells or genetically engineered endothelial progenitor cells on the luminal surface of said stent to form rapidly a confluent endothelium in situ. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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