Implantation device and a kit including the device
AssigneeSorin Biomedica Cardio S.p.A.
InventorsGiuliana Bernacca, Maria Curcio, Leopoldo Della Ciana, Anilla Massaglia
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Abstract
The apparatus comprises an implantation device having a body, the surface of which has at least a portion coated with a receptor, and a preparation containing a ligand formed from the combination of an active principle with a substance capable of binding to the receptor. This preparation may be brought into contact when desired with the implantation device which is, for example, a stent.
Claims18
A method of administering an active principle at a desired location in the body of a patient comprising:
- providing an implantation device;
- coating the implantation device with a receptor;
- providing a preparation containing a ligand comprising an active principle combined with a substance capable of binding with the receptor;
- implanting the receptor coated implantation device at the desired location in the patient's body;
- and
- exposing the implantation device to the preparation containing the ligand in order to form a bond between the ligand and the receptor after the implantation device has been implanted in the patient's body.
A method of administering an active principle at a desired location in the body of a patient comprising:
- providing an implantation device;
- coating the implantation device with a receptor;
- providing a preparation containing a ligand comprising an active principle combined with a substance capable of binding with the receptor;
- placing the receptor coated implantation device in a package;
- sterilizing the receptor coated implantation device;
- removing the sterilized receptor coated implantation device from the package prior to implantation;
- implanting the sterilized receptor coated implantation device at the desired location in the patient's body;
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- exposing the implantation device to the preparation containing the ligand after the sterilized receptor coated implantation device has been removed from the package in order to form a bond between the ligand and the receptor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.