Methods and devices for promoting endothelial morphogenesis
Patent Number: 7,198,798
Date of First Priority Issue: Thursday May 10th, 2001
Date Issued: Tuesday April 3rd, 2007
Assignee: University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
Inventors: Malyankar; Uriel M. (North Branford, CT), Scatena; Marta (Seattle, WA), Giachelli; Cecilia M. (Mill Creek, WA)
From Class: Use
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In the manufacture of various implantable medical devices it is important that the said device be able to endothelialize so that it integrates successfully with the host. When this doesn't happen various problems may arise such as restenosis, or inflammation at the site of device implantation.
The current patent teaches that coating of devices with osteoprotegerin can be used to cause endothelial cell lining of the medical device. The patent calls the acceleration of endothelialization, "endothelial morphogenesis" so that it may have wide coverage.
View this patent on the USPTO website.
Added to StemCellPatents.com on Sunday April 8th, 2007
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