Patent ID: 7662178
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: A61F,A61L

Abstract:
1. A method for treating restenosis in a subject which comprises implanting an article of manufacture comprising a stent, wherein the stent is coated with or contains (i) C3 exoenzyme and rapamycin, (ii) C3 exoenzyme and paclitaxel, (iii) C3 exoenzyme and actinomycin-D, (iv) a chimeric C3 exoenzyme comprising C3 exoenzyme and polylysine, (v) a chimeric C3 exoenzyme comprising C3 exoenzyme and polyarginine, or (vi) a chimeric C3 exoenzyme comprising C3 exoenzyme and HIV-1 Tat, in an afflicted blood vessel in the subject, thereby treating the subject.