Abstract:
A biodegradable stent prosthesis formed from a degradable material, having a plurality of luminal, abluminal, and side surface regions, wherein a surface portion extending between the abluminal and luminal surface region of at least some structural elements is convex.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and a compound of the formula: wherein R1, R2, R3, R5, R6, R8, M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M6 and M7 are each independently a member selected from the group consisting of H, C1-6 alkyl, OH and C1-6 hydroxyalkyl; R4, R7 and R9 are each independently selected from the group consisting of C1-6 alkoxy and OH; R10 is a member selected from the group consisting of H, —OH, —OP(O)Me2, —O—(CH2)n—OH and —O—(CH2)m—O—(CH2)o—CH3, wherein subscripts n and m are each independently from 2 to 8 and subscript o is from 1 to 6; each of L1 and L4 are independently selected from the group consisting of: wherein each M8 is independently a member selected from the group consisting of C1-6 alkyl, OH and C1-6 hydroxyalkyl; each of L2 and L3 are independently selected from the group consisting of: and salts, hydrates, isomers, metabolites N-oxides and prodrugs thereof.
Abstract:
The disclosure provides biodegradable implantable devices such as a stent comprising a biodegradable polymeric wherein the polymeric material is treated to control crystallinity and/or Tg. The stent is capable to expand at body temperature in a body lumen from a crimped configuration to a deployed diameter and have sufficient strength to support a body lumen.
Abstract:
Devices, formulations, compositions, and methods are provided for inhibiting an inflammatory ophthalmic disease or eye condition in a patient. A therapeutic composition comprising a direct factor Xa inhibitor and/or a direct factor II inhibitor is provided. A therapeutically effective dose of the therapeutic composition is delivered to a site of the inflammatory ophthalmic disease or condition in the patient’s eye(s). The therapeutic composition may be formulated for delivery to the patient by via injection, an implant, an eye drop, an emulsion, a suspension, an ointment, a nanomicelle, a nanoparticle, a nanosuspension, a liposome, an in-situ gel, a contact lens, or a microneedle or the like. The therapeutic composition may include one or more additional therapeutically active substances and/or one or more additional pharmaceutical agents. The one or more additional therapeutically active substances and/or one or more additional pharmaceutical agents may be delivered together with the direct factor Xa inhibitor and/or direct factor IIa inhibitor, or separately from the direct factor Xa inhibitor and/or direct factor IIa inhibitor.
Abstract:
Devices, systems, and methods are provided including a structure having one or more surfaces configured for internal use within a patient's body and one or more therapeutic compositions comprising one or more active substances including a direct factor Xa inhibitor, and a direct factor IIa inhibitor disposed in or on the structure. The structure is configured to be positioned adjacent an injury site in the patient's body. The one or more active substances optionally include an anti-proliferative agent. The therapeutic composition is formulated to release the one or more active substances to the injury site to provide one or more of inhibit clot formation, promote clot dissolution, inhibit or dissolute inflammation, inhibit vessel injury, increase time before clotting, and/or inhibit cell proliferation.
Abstract:
A stent (scaffold) or other luminal prosthesis comprising circumferential structural elements which provide high strength after deployment and allows for scaffold to uncage, and/or allow for scaffold or luminal expansion thereafter. The circumferential scaffold is typically formed from non-degradable material and will be modified to expand and/or uncage after deployment.
Abstract:
A system for reshaping a valve annulus includes an elongate template having a length along a longitudinal axis and at least one concavity in a generally lateral direction along said length. The pre-shaped template is positioned against at least a region of an inner peripheral wall of the valve annulus, and at least one anchor on the template is advanced into a lateral wall of the valve annulus to reposition at least one segment of the region of the inner peripheral wall of the valve annulus into said concavity. In this way, a peripheral length of the valve annulus can be foreshortened and/or reshaped to improve coaption of the valve leaflets and/or to eliminate or decrease regurgitation of a valve.
Abstract:
A system for reshaping a valve annulus includes an elongate template having a length along a longitudinal axis and at least one concavity in a generally lateral direction along said length. The pre-shaped template is positioned against at least a region of an inner peripheral wall of the valve annulus, and at least one anchor on the template is advanced into a lateral wall of the valve annulus to reposition at least one segment of the region of the inner peripheral wall of the valve annulus into said concavity. In this way, a peripheral length of the valve annulus can be foreshortened and/or reshaped to improve coaption of the valve leaflets and/or to eliminate or decrease regurgitation of a valve.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and a compound of the formula: wherein R1, R2, R3, R5, R6, R8, M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M6 and M7 are each independently a member selected from the group consisting of H, C1-6 alkyl, OH and C1-6 hydroxyalkyl; R4, R7 and R9 are each independently selected from the group consisting of C1-6 alkoxy and OH; R10 is a member selected from the group consisting of H, —OH, —OP(O)Me2, —O—(CH2)n—OH and —O—(CH2)m—O—(CH2)o—CH3, wherein subscripts n and m are each independently from 2 to 8 and subscript o is from 1 to 6; each of L1 and L4 are independently selected from the group consisting of: wherein each M8 is independently a member selected from the group consisting of C1-6 alkyl, OH and C1-6 hydroxyalkyl; each of L2 and L3 are independently selected from the group consisting of: and salts, hydrates, isomers, metabolites, N-oxides and prodrugs thereof.
Abstract:
A stent (scaffold) or other luminal prosthesis comprising circumferential structural elements which provides high strength after deployment and allows for scaffold to uncage, and/or allow for scaffold or luminal expansion thereafter. The circumferential scaffold may be formed from degradable material, or may be formed from non-degradable material and will be modified to expand and/or uncage after deployment.