Patent Application: US-59986508-A

Abstract:
a medical device , for example a stent , has a surface which in use contacts body tissue , wherein said surface has on it a biocompatible coating layer comprising a polymer having covalently bound allyl - terminated pendent groups , said pendent groups comprising a moiety selected from - 0 - ch 2 — ch ═ ch 2 — s — ch 2 — ch ═ ch 2 — s - ch 2 — ch ═ ch 2 — se — ch 2 — ch ═ ch 2 and — se (= 0 j - ch 2 — ch ═ ch 2 . this surface has good biocompatibility and can bind strongly to a metallic surface . the polymer may be made from an electropolymerisable monomer , e . g . a pyrrole .

Description:
in the following description , polymers of the following monomers are referred to . the polymer of monomer a is referred to as “ poly a ”, the polymer of monomer e as poly e , etc . poly a , poly g , poly l and poly r are outside the scope of the present invention , and are included as comparative examples . medical devices coated with poly e , poly p and poly t are within the present invention . poly e is discussed in detail below . poly p and poly t are further examples of the present invention . monomers for forming polymeric coatings on medical devices according to the present invention were electropolymerised according to well established procedures ( 2 ). surface preparation of the discs , rods or stents before electrochemical coating involves , for example , degreasing with a commercial halocarbon , sonication in water for 5 minutes followed by washing with ethanol and drying . the amount of polymer on the metal surface was determined by weighing , by measuring the charge required for oxidising the polymer film or by measuring the bulk charge required to grow the film . the films were spectroscopically characterised by diffuse reflectance ftir spectroscopy ( 3 ) when grown on discs . the procedure for coating a stent with poly e is as follows . in their unexpanded state the stents used were 15 by 1 . 57 mm , with surface area of approximately 0 . 31 cm 2 , made from 316 lvm stainless steel . prior to coating the stents underwent a strict preparation protocol . following sonication in ethanol (& gt ; 99 . 7 % purity ) for two hours and drying under a stream of compressed air , the stents were weighed on a five figure balance . they were further cleaned by dipping in concentrated nitric acid for 15 seconds . the acid was removed by soaking in ethanol . the stents were again dried under a stream of compressed air . the last cleaning step was to thoroughly spray with zerotri de - greaser ( lps laboratories , usa ), and then dry . the stents were transferred to an h - type cell containing 4 - 6 mm monomer e in a dinitrogen sparged 200 mm tetrabutyl ammonium tetra fluoroborate in dry acetonitrile solution , such that the entire length of the stent was under the surface of the solution and formed the working anode of the cell . the stent was held at a potential of about 1 . 1v versus the ag / agcl reference electrode and sufficient charge was passed to provide the desired coating thickness . after coating , the stent holder assembly was removed from the cell , and the stent placed in a bath of warm acetonitrile to remove residual electrolyte . the stent was then removed , dried and re - weighed to give an estimation of coating weight . poly e and poly r were formed as polymer coatings on the surface of a medical steel disc of diameter 1 cm . poly e is within the present invention , poly r is a comparative example . the platelet adhesion and activation properties of steel coated with poly e and with poly r were compared with those of uncoated 316 lvm medical steel . platelet rich plasma ( prp ) was retrieved from whole citrated human blood by gentle centrifugation at 200 g for 10 minutes . the prp was then diluted 50 : 50 in sterile phosphate buffered saline ( pbs ) containing 5 . 5 mm of glucose ( warmed to 37 ° c .) and 0 . 5 ml of this was added to each steel sample ( coated with poly e , coated with poly r , uncoated ). the samples were then incubated at 37 ° c . under an atmosphere of 5 % co 2 for one hour . after incubation , the samples were rinsed three times in pbs to remove any non - adherent platelets . the samples were then fixed in 2 . 5 % sem grade glutaraldehyde ( in cocadylate buffer ) for two hours at room temperature . after fixation the samples were dehydrated through a series of increasing concentrations of ethanol ( 30 , 50 , 70 , 90 and 100 %) for 15 minutes at each concentration . the samples were then air dried , mounted and sputter coated with palladium for sem analysis . the number of platelets were counted per field of view ( 100 μm × 140 μm ), and the average calculated from ten fields of view per sample on three replicate samples . platelet shapes have bee categorised into either spread ( activated ) or round ( non - activated ). previous studies have similarly identified various stages of platelet morphological changes upon adhesion to foreign surfaces ( 4 , 5 ). it is commonly assumed that platelet shape changes are strongly associated with activation . fig1 provides an indication of the number and morphology of adherent platelets to each material tested . these results clearly suggest that coating poly e reduces both platelet adhesion and platelet activation compared with bare steel . also it can be seen that the poly e coated steel has significantly lower platelet adhesion than poly r coated steel . these results suggest that polymer coatings on medical devices according to the present invention significantly reduce platelet adhesion and activation , and therefore are likely to significantly reduce the thrombogenicity of such devices . as discussed above , the ability of a coating to support endothelialisation is a desirable feature in implantable devices , particularly stents . the ability of poly e to support the growth of human coronary endothelial cells is shown by the photomicrograph in fig2 . fig2 shows a monolayer lawn of coronary endothelial cells laid down on a 1 cm diameter stainless steel disc coated with approximately 1 μm layer of poly e . poly a , poly e , poly g and poly r coatings on stainless steel rods were implanted into rabbit dorsal muscle together with uncoated 316l stainless steel controls . these were removed and examined after implantation for periods up to 90 days as defined by en 10993 - 6 . the results showed that the polymers were very well tolerated and that poly e in particular behaved better than the bare metal control with respect to fibrin formation as shown in table 1 . the very low cytotoxicity of polypyrroles , including those usable in the present invention , is illustrated by the data obtained for poly e . the assay protocol used mrc - 5 cells followed by the procedure defined by iso 10993 with polyethylene and latex rubber as the negative and positive controls respectively . the results in table 2 illustrate that poly e extracts showed no resulting cell damage to the sensitive strain . poly a and poly e were tested for haemocompatibility under the iso 10993 guidelines for medical implants . both were found to be haemocompatible , as shown in table 3 . adhesion of the polymers unmodified polypyrrole , poly a , poly l and poly e to 316l polished stainless steel ( surface roughness factor r a = 0 . 03 ) was tested by twi . the force per unit area required to fracture a cyanoacrylate bonded steel stub from the polymer - coated 316l stainless steel plaque was measured , and the results obtained are as shown in table 4 . therefore , it can be seen that polymer coatings according to the present invention ( poly e ) showed very strong adhesion to steel . this is desirable because it reduces the risk of the polymer coating flaking off or otherwise cracking or breaking which can lead to thrombosis or other undesirable effects . five stainless steel stents coated with poly e were incubated at 37 ° c . in blood isotonic saline solution for 14 days , with 30 rpm shaking . they were removed and photomicrographs were taken . no flaws , cracking or flaking of the coatings was observed at 20 nm resolution . fig3 shows a stent treated as described . three stainless steel stents coated with poly e were each manually crimped onto a catheter balloon which was then fully expanded . the coated stents were removed and photomicrographs were taken . no flaws , cracking or flaking of the coatings was observed at 20 nm resolution . this demonstrates the physical robustness of the polymer coating . fig4 shows an expanded stent coated with poly e . fig5 is a close - up view of a strut of the stent . as mentioned above , the occurrence of late - onset thrombosis in use of drug - eluting stents has caused bare metal stents to be favoured . in vivo tests carried out in pig coronary arteries using stents coated with a coating layer in accordance with the present invention have shown that such stents induce no adverse vascular response compared to bare metal stents . method : stents with a ca . 1 μm thick polymer surface layer formed by electropolymerisation of the functionalised pyrrole monomer e ( n , n ′- bis [ 3 -( pyrrol - 1 - yl ) propanoyl ]- l - cystine diallyl ester ) described above ( coated stents ) and bare metal stents ( bms ) were implanted into native coronary arteries of 17 farm pigs by standard endovascular technique ( 26 coated stents , 25 bms stents ). the stents were made of 316 l stainless steel . the electropolymerisation was carried out as described in reference 2 ( le gall et al .). at one week post - implant 6 stented arteries ( n = 6 ) and at one month post - implant 11 stented arteries ( n = 11 ) were taken for analysis . results : coated stents evoked response indistinguishable from bms at 1 - week . for 1 - month implants , there were no differences in intima thickness ( coated 0 . 28 ± 0 . 18 vs . bms 0 . 25 ± 1 . 18 mm , p = ns ) or % area stenosis ( coated 37 ± 19 vs . bms 32 ± 20 %, p = ns ). both stent types were endothelialized and vessel morphology was similar . conclusion : novel stent surface modification by introduction of an allyl cystine surface motif attached to a poly ( pyrrole ) backbone formed by electropolymerisation evokes a coronary artery response indistinguishable from bare metal stents in pig coronaries . 3 -( pyrrol - 1 - yl ) propanoic acid was prepared according to a modification of literature procedures ( 6 , 7 ). tetrabutyl ammonium hydroxide solution ( 1 . 0 m in methanol , 15 . 4 ml , 15 . 4 mmol , 0 . 1 equiv .) was added to pyrrole ( 10 g , 154 mmol , 1 equiv .) with stirring under nitrogen . acrylonitrile ( 30 ml , 786 . 5 mmol , 5 . 3 equiv ) was added very slowly over 2 . 5 hours , keeping the temperature below 50 ° c . the reaction was then allowed to stir for a further hour at room temperature before the addition of potassium hydroxide ( 30 g , 535 mmol , 3 . 5 equiv .) in distilled water ( 45 ml ) and refluxing for 1 . 75 hours . after cooling to room temperature , the ph of the reaction mixture was lowered to 5 . 5 by the addition of 2m hydrochloric acid ( ca . 70 ml ) and then the resultant solution extracted with diethyl ether ( 100 ml ). after a single extraction , the ph of the aqueous phase was again lowered to 5 . 5 followed by a further extraction with diethyl ether ( 100 ml ). this acidification and extraction process was repeated approx . 15 to 20 times . the combined organic washings were dried ( mgso 4 ) and the solvent evaporated in vacuo to yield an off white crystalline solid ( 10 . 1 g , 47 %). ν max ( kbr disc ) 2922 ( n — h ), 1700 ( c ═ o ) cm − 1 ; δ ( 400 mhz , cdcl 3 ) 6 . 67 ( 2h , t , j 2 . 1 hz , c ( α ) h pyrrole ), 6 . 14 ( 2h , t , j 2 . 1 hz , c ( β ) h pyrrole ), 4 . 20 ( 2h , t , j 6 . 8 hz , py - ch 2 —), 2 . 82 ( 2h , t , j 6 . 8 hz , — ch 2 cooh ). in a modified literature procedure ( 2 ) cdi ( carbodiimidazole , 3 . 00 g , 18 mmol , 2 . 2 equiv ) was added to a solution of 3 -( pyrrole - 1 - yl ) propanoic acid ( 2 . 66 g , 18 mmol , 2 . 2 equiv .) in dry thf ( 40 ml ) and the reaction mixture stirred for 1 . 5 hours under nitrogen at room temperature . meanwhile , l - cystine bisallyl ester bis ( toluene - 4 - sulphonate ) ( 6 . 00 g , 8 . 2 mmol , 1 equiv .) was dissolved in thf ( 60 ml ) with stirring under nitrogen , with the dropwise addition of sufficient triethylamine to effect the dissolution . the ester solution was then added to the activated acid solution by cannula . the resultant reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 68 hours followed by warming to 60 ° c . for a further 6 hours . once cool , the solvent was evaporated under vacuum to yield a yellow oily solid . the pure product was obtained was a white solid by washing with dcm and further recrystallisation of the mother liquor from dcm / diethyl ether . white crystalline solid ( m . p . 164 - 5 ° c .). found c , 55 . 50 ; h , 6 . 19 ; n , 9 . 82 . c 26 h 34 n 4 o 6 s 2 requires c , 55 . 50 ; h , 6 . 09 ; n , 9 . 96 %. ν max ( nujol ®) 3315 ( n — h ), 1733 ( c ═ o ester ), 1640 ( c ═ o amide ), 1537 ( c ═ o amide ), 731 ( c — h ) cm − 1 ; δ ( 400 mhz , cdcl 3 ) 6 . 62 ( 4h , t , j 2 . 0 hz , c ( α ) h pyrrole ), 6 . 31 ( 2h , d , j 7 . 3 hz , nh ), 6 . 08 ( 4h , t , j 2 . 0 hz , c ( β ) h pyrrole ), 5 . 83 ( 2h , m , — ch ═ ch 2 ), 5 . 28 ( 4h , m , — ch ═ ch 2 ), 4 . 80 ( 2h , m , — chch 2 s —), 4 . 61 ( 4h , t , j 3 . 0 hz , — och 2 ch ═ ch 2 ), 4 . 17 ( 4h , m , py - ch 2 —), 2 . 99 ( 4h , m , — ch 2 s —), 2 . 63 ( 4h , t , j 6 . 7 hz , py - ch 2 ch 2 —). n , n ′- bis [ 3 -( pyrrol - 1 - yl ) propanoyl ]- l - cystine dimethyl ester was prepared according to a literature procedure ( 3 ). white solid ( m . p . 146 - 147 ° c .). found c , 51 . 70 ; h , 5 . 75 ; n , 11 . 00 . c 22 h 30 n 4 o 6 s 2 c , 51 . 75 ; h , 5 . 92 ; n , 10 . 97 %. ν max 3327 ( n — h ), 1739 ( c ═ o ester ), 1643 ( c ═ o amide ) cm − 1 ; δ ( 270 mhz , cdcl 3 ) 6 . 63 ( 4h , t , j 2 . 0 hz , c ( α ) h pyrrole ), 6 . 36 ( 2h , d , j 7 . 3 hz , nh ), 6 . 09 ( 4h , t , j 2 . 0 hz , c ( β ) h pyrrole ), 4 . 79 ( 2h , td , j 7 . 5 hz , j ′ 5 . 1 hz , — chch 2 s —), 4 . 21 ( 4h , dt , j 6 . 7 hz , j ′ 2 . 6 hz , py - ch 2 —), 3 . 73 ( 6h , s , — och 3 ), 3 . 10 ( 2h , dd , j 14 . 5 hz , j ′ 5 . 1 hz , — ch ( h ) s —), 3 . 00 ( 2h , dd , j 14 . 3 hz , j ′ 5 . 1 hz , — ch ( h ) s —), 2 . 67 ( 4h , t , j 6 . 8 hz , py - ch 2 ch 2 —). n -( 2 - mercapto - ethyl )- 3 - pyrrol - 1 - yl - propionamide ( 1 . 3 g , 6 . 52 mmol , 1 equiv .) was dissolved in acetonitrile ( 80 ml ) with stirring under nitrogen . triethylamine ( 2 . 7 ml , 1 . 96 g , 19 . 4 mmol , 3 equiv .) was added dropwise followed by allyl bromide ( 0 . 6 ml , 838 . 8 mg , 6 . 93 mmol , 1 . 06 equiv .) and the reaction refluxed for 10 hours . after cooling , the white precipitate by product that had formed was removed by filtration and the solvent evaporated to yield the crude product . further by product was removed by stirring with ethyl acetate ( 100 ml ) and again filtering off the solid . removal of the solvent in vacuo and purification by flash chromatography on silica eluting with ethyl acetate ( r f 0 . 55 ) afforded pure n -( 2 - mercapto - ethyl )- 3 - pyrrol - 1 - yl - propionamide as a yellow solid . to a stirred solution of pyrrole propanoic acid ( 0 . 8 g , 5 . 75 mmol ) in thf ( 20 ml ), 1 - 1 ′ carbonyl diimidazole ( 1 g , 6 . 2 mmol ) was added portion wise and the mixture was left stirring for 1 h . methionine allyl ester ( 2 . 3 g , 6 . 4 mmol ) in thf ( 30 ml ) was then added along with et 3 n . the reaction mixture was stirred for 8 h at room temperature . all solvent was removed under vacuum , and the product was extracted by et 2 o . the et 2 o phase was evaporated under vacuum . the solid was washed with hexane to give a white solid 1 . 2 g ( 4 mmol ) 63 % yield . ν max ( nujol ®) 3314 ( n — h ), 1745 ( c ═ o ester ), 1634 ( c ═ o amide ), 1532 ( c ═ o amide ) cm − 1 ; δ ( 400 mhz , cd 3 cn ) 6 . 81 ( 1h , br s , nh ), 6 . 64 ( 2h , t , j 2 . 1 hz , c ( α ) h pyrrole ), 5 . 99 ( 2h , t , j 2 . 0 hz , c ( β ) h pyrrole ), 5 . 96 - 5 . 86 ( 1h , m , — ch ═ ch 2 ), 5 . 31 ( 1h , m , — ch ═ c ( h ) htrans ), 5 . 21 ( 1h , m , — ch ═ c ( h ) hcis ), 4 . 57 ( 2h , d , 5 . 6 hz , py - ch 2 —), 4 . 52 - 4 . 47 ( 1h , m , — chch 2 s —), 4 . 15 - 4 . 12 ( 2h , m , — och 2 ch ═ ch 2 ), 2 . 70 - 2 . 55 ( 2h , m , — ch 2 s —), 2 . 47 - 2 . 37 ( 2h , m , py - ch 2 ch 2 —), 2 . 01 ( 3h , s , — sch 3 ); m / z ( e . i .) 310 ( m + ). n -( 2 - allylsulfanyl - ethyl )- 3 - pyrrol - 1 - yl - propionamide ( 0 . 3704 g , 1 . 554 mmol , 1 equiv ) was taken up in 100 ml of dichloromethane with stirring under nitrogen . the reaction mixture was cooled to between 0 - 4 c . meta - chloroperoxybenzoic acid ( 0 . 4815 g , 2 . 790 mmol , 1 . 8 equiv ) was added to the mixture and the reaction stirred at 0 - 4 c for 16 hours . the solvent was removed in vacuo and purification by flash chromatography on silica : eluting with ethyl acetate gave the by - product meta - chlorobenzoic acid . further elution with the solvent mixture was gradually changed to a 1 : 1 ethyl acetate / ethanol gave the product which was isolated by removal of the solvent in vacuo as off - white crystals in 60 % yield . δ ( 300 mhz , cdcl 2 ) 6 . 58 ( 2h , t , j 1 . 9 hz , c ( α ) h pyrrole ), 6 . 38 ( 1h , br s , nh ), 6 . 04 ( 2h , t , j 2 . 1 hz , c ( β ) h pyrrole ), 5 . 76 ( 1h , m , — ch ═ ch 2 ), 5 . 41 - 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