Drug-loaded biological material chemically treated with genipin
AssigneeGP Medical, Inc.
InventorsHsing-Wen Sung, Hosheng Tu
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Abstract
A method for treating tissue of a patient comprising, in combination, mixing a drug with a solidifiable biological material, chemically treating the drug with the biological material with a crosslinking agent, loading the solidifiable drug-containing biological material onto a medical device, solidifying the drug-containing biological material; and delivering the medical device to a target tissue for treating the tissue.
Claims20
A method for treating tissue of a patient comprising, in combination, loading a solidifiable drug-containing biological material onto a medical device, solidifying the drug-containing biological material, chemically treating the drug-containing biological material with a crosslinking agent, and delivering said medical device to a target tissue for treating the tissue.
A method for treating vascular restenosis comprising, in combination, loading a solidifiable drug-containing biological material onto a medical device, solidifying the drug-containing biological material, chemically treating the drug-containing biological material with a crosslinking agent, and delivering said medical device to a vascular restenosis site for treating the vascular restenosis.
A method for treating tissue of a patient comprising, in combination, mixing a drug with a solidifiable biological material, chemically treating the biological material and/or the drug with a crosslinking agent, loading the solidifiable drug-containing biological material onto a medical device, solidifying the drug-containing biological material, and delivering said medical device to a target tissue for treating the tissue.
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