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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2002
Christopher J. Elkins, Redwood City, CA (US);
Michael D. Dake, Stanford, CA (US);
Jacob M. Waugh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Christopher J. Elkins, Redwood City, CA (US);
Michael D. Dake, Stanford, CA (US);
Jacob M. Waugh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Restenosis is inhibited through local delivery of anti-restenotic agents including angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors; nicotine receptor agonists, agents that increase concentrations of nitric oxide, anti-angiogenic agents, agonists of the TGF-beta receptor; death domain receptor ligands; and thrombin inhibitors. In one embodiment of the invention, the localized delivery is effected through the use of a stent modified for delivery of the agent at the site of injury from balloon angioplasty.