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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
May. 01, 2006
David M. Lynn, Middleton, WI (US);
Jingtao Zhang, Madison, WI (US);
Christopher M. Jewell, Madison, WI (US);
Nathaniel J. Fredin, Madison, WI (US);
David M. Lynn, Middleton, WI (US);
Jingtao Zhang, Madison, WI (US);
Christopher M. Jewell, Madison, WI (US);
Nathaniel J. Fredin, Madison, WI (US);
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides implantable medical devices coated with polyelectrolyte assemblies that are fabricated by layer-by-layer deposition of nucleic acid and polycation. Such devices facilitate the local delivery of a nucleic acid contained in the polyelectrolyte assembly into a cell or tissue at an implantation site. Also provided are methods of fabricating and using implantable medical devices according to the invention.