System and stent for repairing endovascular defects and methods of use
AssigneesPurdue Research Foundation, The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.
InventorsJean Paul Allain, Lisa Reece, Zhangcan Yang, Rocco Armonda, Ravindra Kempaiah, Teodoro Tigno
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Abstract
Disclosed are endovascular stents in which a portion of the stents have a bioactive coating for promoting repair of damaged vessels, systems comprising the stents, and methods of using the stents to promote occlusion of aneurysms and/or repair damaged vessels.
Claims12
A stent comprising a coating on a portion of its surface for use in the treatment of a cerebral aneurysm, the coating comprising:
- a magnetic material deposited on portion of an outer surface of the stent;
- an ion-beam nanostructured biocompatible layer;
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- a bioactive layer formed on the biocompatible layer, the bioactive layer comprising PCSM.
The stent of claim 2, further comprising an underlayer between the outer surface of the stent and the magnetic material.
The stent of claim 4, wherein the metal is nickel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.