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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2020
Surmodics, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Joram Slager, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Surmodics, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
Embodiments herein relate to active agent depots formed in situ and related methods. In various embodiments, a method of forming an active agent depot in situ is included. The method can include contacting a composition with a vessel wall, wherein the composition includes an active agent and a fibrin promoting vessel wall transfer agent wherein the ratio of active agent to fibrin promoting vessel wall transfer agent (wt./wt.) is at least 5:1. The method also includes transferring the composition from a device surface to the vessel wall surface. The method also includes forming a fibrin matrix around the composition. Other embodiments are also included herein.