| abstract |
The invention provides a coating and a method for coating medical devices with synthetic heparin-binding growth factor analogs, the coating and method including at least one heparin-binding growth factor analog with a region of amino acid residues binding a heparin-binding growth factor receptor, a hydrophobic linker region and a heparin-binding region, and further including heparin or an analog thereof. Also provided are medical devices, including aneurysm coils, coated with synthetic heparin-binding growth factor analogs, the coating further including heparin or an analog thereof. |