摘要:
A therapeutic delivery system efficiently introduces biologically active molecules to mammalian cells without the use of synthetic polymers or biopolymer coatings. Surface modification of a metal support, such as a medical device, results in a single molecular layer that can fasten various molecules, thereby minimizing any cellular inflammatory response while enhancing biocompatibility.
摘要:
Adapting crosslinking with triglycidyl amine (TGA) to incorporate the use of a particular type of anti-calcification agent provides a broad-reaching solution to the problem in vivo bioprosthesis calcification. The anti-calcification agent in question includes a polyphosphonate compound that contains a functional group, which serves as a reaction site between the polyphosphonate and a polyepoxide. The functional group is reactive enough to dominate the reaction between the polyphosphonate and the polyepoxide, thereby excluding the chelating oxygen atoms of polyphosphonate from the reaction, protecting their anti-calcification ability. Furthermore, the high reactivity of the functional group allows the polyphosphonate to attach to the polyepoxide more completely, which improves the calcification resistance of bioprosthetic material with which the polyepoxide is crosslinked.
摘要:
The invention relates to methods of making polyurethane derivatives which can be readily further derivatized using stabilizing agents such as anti-calcification agents, anti-thrombogenesis agents, and chemical and mechanical degradation-inhibiting agents. The invention also includes methods of making polyurethane derivatives so further derivatized and to polyurethanes derivatives made using such methods.
摘要:
The invention relates to methods of making polyurethane derivatives which can be readily further derivatized using stabilizing agents such as anti-calcification agents, anti-thrombogenesis agents, and chemical and mechanical degradation-inhibiting agents. The invention also includes methods of making polyurethane derivatives so further derivatized and to polyurethanes derivatives made using such methods.
摘要:
A device having polymeric filaments, wherein at least one of the filaments includes at least one groove for slidably retaining at least one other filament, such that the device is adapted to revert to a tubular lattice structure when allowed to expand from a collapsed state. A device as described above and further including a biologically active function, wherein the polymeric filaments of the device include an agent having a reactive group or a fiber adapted to covalently react with a biomaterial. Thus, the device of the invention has an active structural function such as the ability to regain a shape and, optionally, a biologically active function such as the ability to deliver a biomaterial to an organism or a cell. A process of manufacturing the device is also described.
摘要:
A method and a composition for delivery of a biomaterial to an animal cell or a tissue, the composition includes (a) a biomaterial; (b) a biodegradable cross-linker portion having a hydrolyzable bond, wherein the biodegradable cross-linker portion is covalently bound to the biomaterial; and (c) a substrate, wherein the substrate is covalently bound to the biodegradable cross-linker portion, provided that the biodegradable cross-linker is adapted to hydrolyze by breaking the hydrolyzable bond and thereby release and deliver the biomaterial. A process of making the composition is also provided.
摘要:
A degradation resistant polyurethane and methods of making and using thereof wherein the degradation resistant polyurethane has a modified hard segment which includes a urethane nitrogen and an antioxidant substituent pendant from the urethane nitrogen.
摘要:
A modified polyurethane including a lipid substituent pendant from at least one urethane nitrogen and/or at least one carbon atom of the modified polyurethane, methods of preparing modified polyurethanes and the use thereof as an implantable biomaterial.
摘要:
The invention relates to implantable biodegradable bioprostheses and methods for making and using the bioprostheses. The implantable biodegradable bioprosthesis includes biomolecules having a reactive moiety and optionally a reactive group; and a biodegradable cross-linking moiety having (a) at least two linking moieties, wherein the at least two linking moieties are non-biodegradable and (b) a spacer, wherein the spacer is biodegradable and is in communication with the at least two linking moieties, provided that the biodegradable cross-linking moiety is artificial and is covalently bound to the reactive moiety. The implantable bioprosthesis is adapted to sufficiently degrade upon exposure to a cell or an enzyme to permit an expansion of the implantable bioprosthesis.
摘要:
The present invention relates to compositions and methods of immobilizing a viral vector to an implantable medical device, for example a vascular stent. Specifically, a composition for delivery of a therapeutic agent is provided which includes: a gene transfer vector, a surface and a modified protein, wherein the gene transfer vector is bound to the modified protein and the modified protein is covalently bound to the surface and wherein the composition is adapted to deliver the gene transfer vector to a mammalian cell. The viral vector is preferably an adenoviral vector and the modified protein is preferably CAR D1.