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US 2006/0142850 A1Published application
Functionalisation of stents with lipases
OwnerMary McSweeney, Francois Rossi +1inventors
InventorsMary McSweeney, Francois Rossi, Laura Gribaldo
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Abstract
The invention relates to intravascular stents having in an inner surface an enzyme capable of catabolizing cholesterol and lipids, such as lipase, or cells that have been genetically modified to produce the enzyme, and to their use in the treatment or prevention of obstructive artheriosclerotic lesions in coronary and peripheral blood vessels, or prevention of restenosis in intra coronaric stents.
Claims14
Intravascular stent;
- comprising in an inner surface an enzyme capable of catabolizing cholesterol and lipids, or cells that have been genetically modified to produce said enzyme.
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