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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2001
David Knapp, St. Paul, MN (US);
David Knapp, St. Paul, MN (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A therapeutic medical article is provided which comprises a medical article, a precursor compound and an activator compound. The medical article is adapted, upon administration to a patient, to release the precursor compound and the activator compound such that the activator compound interacts with the precursor compound and converts the precursor compound into activated form for local delivery. Specific examples of precursor and activator compound pairs include: (a) a nitrosothiol precursor and a nitric oxide donor, (b) plasminogen and plasminogen activator, and (c) fibrinogen and thrombin.
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