摘要:
A catheter is disclosed comprising a sheath surrounding an inner lumen. The inner lumen is configured to receive a fluid. The sheath includes a sheath portion that comprises a hydrophilic material, wherein the hydrophilic material is in direct contact with the fluid. The hydrophilic material helps resist formation of air bubbles along the inner lumen.
摘要:
Provided herein are methods for treating an individual having (suffering from) an acute myocardial infarction and drug eluting stents useful for treating such individuals. These methods include treating an individual by introducing, such as by surgically inserting, at a site of an acute coronary artery occlusion upstream of the site of acute myocardial infarction, a drug eluting stent (DES) that is capable of eluting from 25pg to 950pg of IGF-1 directly into the coronary circulation. The treatment is specifically directed to stimulation of repair or survival of damaged cardiac muscle or left ventricular remodeling.
摘要:
Compositions comprising an isolated peptide, which may for example optionally comprise a sequence selected from the group consisting of YDYNWY, YDYNLY, FDYNFY, FDYNLY, FDYNWY, YDWNLY, YDWHLY, and WDYNLY, extracted from organisms such as aquatic organisms and moss or any other sequence described herein, and methods of using same, including for treatment of or prevention of formation of microbial biofilms and against adhesion of a cell to a surface.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a composition and method for preventing or inhibiting biofilm formation on biotic or abiotic surfaces. The composition comprises a peptide based on the C-terminal receptor binding domain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa type IV pilin, which binds to an abiotic surface (e.g., steel, plastic) with high affinity and prevents binding of a variety of P. aeruginosa strains to the surface. The inventive composition represents a non-toxic inhibitor for biofilm formation, particularly on an abiotic surface, which is responsible for a large number of problematic diseases and massive economic losses. The inventive method is useful as a safe and environmentally friendly means of modifying a surface of a variety of biomedical, nanotechnological, and biotechnological devices or articles.
摘要:
Biocompatible carrier materials are described herein for enhanced delivery of therapeutic agents. Embodiments include materials and methods for making a biodegradable coating on a surface of a medical device by forming a biodegradable layer on at least a portion of the surface of the medical device, the layer comprising a copolymer and a therapeutic agent releasable into a patient after implantation of the device into the patient, wherein the copolymer is a polyamino acid derivatized to have a hydrophobic hydrocarbon side chain that has a molecular weight from about 14 to about 5000. One embodiment is a polypeptide that includes at least one amino acid that has been modified to include a hydrophobic side chain. The number and type of amino acids and hydrophobic side chains may be altered to adjust the solubility of the material in solvents, and to control the hydrophobic-to-hydrophobic balance of the coatings made with the materials, so as to enhance therapeutic agent delivery. And hydrophilic groups may also be introduced as a further means to adjust the material’s property.
摘要:
A method of providing a therapeutic, diagnostic or lubricious hydrophilic coating on an intracorporeal medical device and the coated device produced thereby, wherein the coating is durable. In one embodiment, the coating comprises a polymerized base coat and a therapeutic, diagnostic or hydrophilic top coat, where the base coat has a binding component which binds to the top coat, and a grafting component which binds to the binding component and adheres to the device. In another embodiment, the coating comprises a blend of a hydrophilic compound, a grafting component, and a salt, wherein the polymerized grafting component contains uncrosslinked domains. The coating of the invention may be applied to a medical device with a polymeric surface such as a polymeric catheter, or a metal device coated with a polymeric primer or without a primer, or to a stent.
摘要:
The present invention relates to novel DNA sequences which encode polypeptides displaying the activity of ancrod and to recombinant DNA molecules which comprise them. The invention also relates to hosts transformed with these DNA molecules as well as to the recombinant polypeptides expressed by them. This invention further relates to pharmaceutically effective compositions and methods which employ these recombinant polypeptides.
摘要:
On a mis au point une surface d'adhérence de cellules indépendante des protéines absorbées. La surface traitée comprend une matière transformée chimiquement à laquelle des petits peptiddes, comportant moins de 12 restes d'acide aminé et comprenant une séquence d'acides aminés YIGSR, RGD ou REDV, sont liés de manière covalente. Les peptides de l'invention comprennent un acide aminé de glycine terminal. L'activation à l'aide de chlorure de trésyle de fractions hydroxyles de surface permet d'obtenir les cites de surfaces actifs au moyen desquels un bras de glycine terminal d'un peptide sélectionné se fixe afin de former des liaisons covalentes entre le substrat et le peptide. On peut citer à titre d'exemple de surfaces pouvant être utilisées conjointement avec l'invention, des surfaces polymères, métalliques et céramiques. Le procédé de l'invention comprend également un procédé de prétraitement ménageant des fractions hydroxyles destinées à des surfaces dépourvues de fractions hydroxyles facilement disponibles. Les procédés de préparation des surfaces traitées sont également compris dans l'invention. Sont également compris des dispositifs d'implants biomédicaux traités en surface ainsi que des dispositifs de culture de cellules. La surface traitée favorise un rythme et une quantité accrue d'adhérence des cellules sur la surface, indépendamment des concentrations de sérum de milieux ou d'autres protéines absorbées. L'invention concerne en outre des substrats polymères dont la surface comporte des chaînes de polymères solubles dans l'eau, s'interpénétrant physiquement, ainsi que des procédés permettant leur production.