RGD peptide attached to bioabsorbable stents
First Claim
1. A medical device comprising a chemo-attractant attached to a surface layer of polymer on the medical device, wherein the chemo-attractant is attached to the surface layer through a spacer compound comprising a hydrophobic moiety that comprises a phospholipid and a hydrophilic moiety, andwherein the chemo-attractant is attached to the hydrophilic moiety of the spacer compound and the hydrophobic moiety of the spacer compound is grafted to or embedded within the surface layer of polymer on the medical device such that upon deployment of the medical device, the hydrophilic moiety of the spacer compound projects from the surface layer of polymer.
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Abstract
Provided herein is a medical device that includes RGD attached to the device via a spacer compound.
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1. A medical device comprising a chemo-attractant attached to a surface layer of polymer on the medical device, wherein the chemo-attractant is attached to the surface layer through a spacer compound comprising a hydrophobic moiety that comprises a phospholipid and a hydrophilic moiety, and
wherein the chemo-attractant is attached to the hydrophilic moiety of the spacer compound and the hydrophobic moiety of the spacer compound is grafted to or embedded within the surface layer of polymer on the medical device such that upon deployment of the medical device, the hydrophilic moiety of the spacer compound projects from the surface layer of polymer.
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