Becton, Dickinson and Company
NITRIC OXIDE INFUSED SURGICAL TISSUE REPAIR TECHNOLOGIES

Abstract:

Surgical tissue repair technologies incorporating nitric oxide releasing materials which release nitric oxide into the surrounding tissue. The surgical tissue repair technologies include tissue repair devices, such as surgical meshes, vascular stents, surgical grafts, irrigation solutions, and other internal surgical tissue repair materials. The nitric oxide releasing compound may be a S-nitrosothiol compound, such as s-nitroso-n-acetyl penicillamine (SNAP), s-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO), and mixtures thereof. The tissue repair devices may further include a catalyst to facilitate release of nitric oxide. The devices may include a substrate coated with a coating incorporating the same or different nitric oxide releasing compound. The devices may include a substrate impregnated with the nitric oxide releasing compound and coated with a polymer-based coating incorporating the same or different nitric oxide releasing compound. The polymer-based coating may include diazeniumdiolate groups (NONOate groups). The polymer-based coating may include a polyethyleneimine cellulose NONOate polymer.