Patent Abstract:
disclosed herein are bioresorbable stents which elute nitric oxide . the stent is comprised of three main key design elements : a bioresorbable scaffold , a bioresorbable polymeric coating layer , and no - releasing nanoparticles incorporated in the bioresorbable polymeric coating layer , and optionally also in the scaffold . the no - releasing nanoparticles are made of nontoxic biocompatible and biodegradable materials ; for example a chitosan polymer and optionally a sugar .

Detailed Description:
the present invention provides novel type of drug - eluting bioresorbable stents for percutananeous coronary interventions . background art which may be of benefit in understanding the invention includes : mohamed , n . a ., ahmetaj - shala b ., harrington , l . s ., kirkby , n . s ., reed , d . m ., lickiss , d . m ., davies , r . p ., wojciak - stothard , b ., chester , a . h ., el - sherbiny , i . m ., mitchell , j . a ., & amp ; yacoub , m . ( 2015 ). early pre - clinical results of a novel no - nanoformulation for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension ( pht ). the 8th pvri annual world congress , january , 15 - 18 , guangzhou , china . reference to these publications should not be taken as an admission that the contents of any particular document are relevant prior art . however , the skilled person is referred to the above reference for details of ways in which no - releasing nanoparticles may be produced . various preliminary studies ( such as the referred to in the citation listed above ) performed with regard to developing long acting no - eluting nanoparticles for different purposes support the proposal that incorporating no - releasing nanoparticles in a bioresorbable polymeric stent will allow release of therapeutic levels of no for long time ( from about 2 - 24 months ) as the no - releasing nanoparticles may be incorporated in both the stent &# 39 ; s core and in the outer coating layer ( s ). remarkably , the preliminary data has shown that the invented stent offers many unique active advantages . these include , but not limited to , ( a ) immediate and sustained dilatation on the microvascular bed , ( b ) re - endothelial ideation to the coronary , ( c ) anti - inflammatory effect , ( d ) inhibition of smooth muscle proliferation , and ( e ) anti - thrombotic effect through its action on platelets . the no - releasing nanoparticles were made of a combination of polymers including , but not limited to , chitosan of low molecular weight , peg 400 , polyvinyl pyrolidone ( pvp ), and other materials such as glucose , sucrose , alginate , sodium tripolyphosphate , and tetramethylorthosilicate . the sugar was used to perform a thermal reduction of the loaded no - donor , sodium nitrite ( nano 2 ) to generate no gas . the no remains entrapped inside the developed nanoparticles powder until undergoing a sustained release because of the swelling of the prepared hydrogel - based nanoparticles upon exposure to moist environment . various nanoparticles were prepared with different concentrations of the no - donor , sodium nitrite . for instance , the sample ( no - polym - 4 ) was prepared as follow : sodium nitrite solution was prepared ( 1 g in 30 mm pbs at ph 7 . 5 ). then , d - glucose was added at 40 mg d - glucose / ml of sodium nitrite solution followed by addition of pvp ( 6 . 25 mg ) with stirring . afterwards , peg - 400 was added at 0 . 5 ml peg / 10 ml of solution . then , an acidic chitosan solution ( 0 . 5 % w / v ) of low molecular weight was added at a ratio of 0 . 5 mil / 10 ml of sodium nitrite solution . in a different container , acidic solution of tetramethylorthosilicate ( 2 . 5 ml / 0 . 6 ml hcl ) was prepared and sonicated in ice bath , then added to the no - donor solution ( 1 ml tetramethylorthosilicate / 10 ml solution ). the obtained mixture was then stirred and set aside for gelation , followed by freeze drying . the control nanoparticles were prepared using the same procedures but without the no - donor . the nanoparticles were characterised by powder x - ray diffraction ( fig1 a ) and themogravimetric analysis ( fig1 b ). particles were also assessed for no release over a period of 8 hours ( fig1 ) and no release over 20 minutes from different concentrations of no nanoparticles ( 0 . 75 , 1 . 25 , 2 . 5 , 5 , and 10 mg / ml ) compared to control plain nanoparticles ( at 5 mg / ml ) ( fig1 d ). it can be seen that the majority of no is released in the first 100 or so minutes , while higher concentrations of nanoparticles release more no . fig2 a and 2b demonstrate the effect of the developed no nanoparticles on cell viability ( fig2 a ) and release of the chemokine cxcl8 ( fig2 b ) from endothelial cells grown from blood of healthy donors with or without stimulation with lps . the no - releasing nanoparticles were contacted with the cells at concentrations of 1 . 5 , 2 . 5 , 5 , and 10 mg / ml . fig3 a and 3b show a similar experiment to fig2 a and 2b , using pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells ( pavsmcs ) in place of endothelial cells . fig4 a and 4b show the effect of control nanoparticles on viability ( fig4 a ) and release of the chemokine cxcl8 ( fig4 b ) from endothelial cells grown from blood of healthy donors with or without stimulation with lps . nanoparticles were contacted with the cells at concentrations of 1 . 5 , 2 . 5 , 5 , and 10 mg / ml . there is essentially no effect of the nanoparticles lacking no . thus , these experiments demonstrate that appropriate no - releasing agents can be incorporated into nanoparticles and that these nanoparticles will confer a sustained release of therapeutic levels of no . nanoparticles may be incorporated into a biodegradable stent as follows . a porous polymer scaffold may be produced by pelt , so as to leave pores in the polymer scaffold . the scaffold is then dip coated in a polymer coating ; the coating solution includes the no - releasing nanoparticles . the scaffold is repeatedly dipped into the solution , and the polymer coating allowed to set , until the desired coating thickness is reached . as the polymer coating degrades in the body , the nanoparticles will contact the lumen and begin to release no . this will last for the duration of the degradation of the coating , as new nanoparticles are released from the coating . to further prolong the release of no , nanoparticles may be incorporated into the scaffold too ; this will typically degrade more slowly than the coating , and hence allow a continued release of no . 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