Patent ID: 8603530

Claim:
A medical device for treating or ameliorating a vascular condition, comprising: (a) nano-constructs that comprise a core material and a carbon or conducting polymer nanoshell formed on the core material, said carbon or conducting polymer nanoshell having a thickness between about 2 nm to about 100 nm and (b) delivery means for delivering the nano-constructs to a target tissue of a subject; wherein the nano-constructs are capable of absorbing an energy from an electromagnetic radiation or energy from a fluctuating electromagnetic field and translating the energy into heat, and wherein the nano-constructs comprise targeting molecules on a surface of the nano-constructs, and the targeting molecules are selected from the group consisting of YIGSR, peptides and antibodies to IIbIIIa, hyaluronic acid, ICAM-1, ICAM-2, ICAM-3, thrombospondin osteopontin, N-CAM, PECAM-1, IgCAM, oligonucleotide aptamers, selectins, cadherins, and combinations thereof.