摘要:
Compositions, methods of fabrication and methods of treatment for the controlled release of a therapeutic substance to a treatment region are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, block copolymer-based release platforms (modified or unmodified) can be used to deliver a therapeutic substance to an inflamed site in, for example, the coronary tree or the kidney glomeri. The platforms can be carriers of at least one therapeutic substance. An external “trigger”, or stimulus, such as radiation, ultrasound, temperature, a magnetic field, a change in pH, a change in ionic strength or release of an enzyme, can be used to destabilize the platform in order to release its payload in a controlled manner once at a treatment site. Delivery devices can include a syringe, an infusion catheter, a porous balloon catheter, a double balloon catheter and the like.
摘要:
Compositions of matter comprising a magnetically sensitive drug carrier and a related drug as well as methods for administering these compositions and causing them to localize within the patient using an internal or external magnetic field are described.
摘要:
This invention is directed to a method of treating a vascular disease involving administration to a patient by means of an angioplasty balloon a composition comprising a permeability-enhancing substance and a therapeutic agent.
摘要:
The present invention relates to the regional delivery of therapeutic agents for the treatment of vascular diseases wherein regional delivery refers to delivery of a therapeutically effective amount of the therapeutic agent to an area of the vessel that includes not only afflicted tissue but non-afflicted tissue at the periphery of the afflicted tissue as well.
摘要:
Pro-healing agent formulation compositions, methods and treatments for enhancing vascular healing are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a pro-healing agent is encapsulated, suspended, disposed within or loaded into a biodegradable carrier for sustained-release delivery to a denuded or damaged endothelium treatment area in a blood vessel. In some applications, the pro-healing agent can accelerate re-endothelialization of a denuded vascular region. In some applications, the pro-healing agent can assist in the regaining of endothelium functionality. The formulation can be delivered by a delivery assembly such as an infusion catheter, a porous balloon catheter, a needle injection catheter, a double balloon catheter or the like.
摘要:
A composition that includes a bioactive agent-containing polymeric nanoparticle and a polymeric non-spherical microparticle, and methods of using such a composition to treat a vascular disease are disclosed.