| abstract |
Chelating and binding chemicals to a medical implant, and therapeutic applications. Implantable 'metal chelated surface and chemical coated' medical implant device - drug (or biological moiety) coated or drug eluting stent, prosthesis, or other, includes a medical implant component having metal surface (M) with chemical entity (X) bound via chelator (C) chelated to the metal surface in an (M) - (C) - (X) configuration. Chelator or/and chemical entity - drug (or biological moiety), linker bonded to a drug (or biological moiety), other, are bound at surface concentration greater than 100 picograms per cm2. Manufacturing the implantable medical device. Medical implant system including medical implant component and delivery device for delivering and implanting medical implant component in a subject. Implanting the medical device. Preventing or/and treating medical conditions, such as restenosis or/and thrombosis, by implanting the medical device, wherein activity of bound chemical entity exhibits efficacy towards the medical condition. |