Patent ID: 7563454
Filing Date: 2009-07-21
Classification: A61L,A61N,A61P

Abstract:
1. An implantable medical device, comprising a compound chemically coordinated with a surface of the implantable medical device, wherein the compound includes: (a) a moiety capable of forming a chelate structure with a metal or a metal oxide; and (b) a non-fouling moiety, conjugated to the moiety capable of forming a chelate structure, wherein the moiety capable of forming a chelate structure includes a compound having the formula: where one of R and R 1 is selected from hydroxyl, mercapto, phosphine, alkylphosphine, primary amino, secondary amino, tertiary amino, and carboxyl groups and the other of R and R 1 is selected from mercapto, phosphine, alkylphosphine, primary amino, secondary amino, tertiary amino, and carboxyl groups; and wherein X is a reactive group.