Device-directed therapeutic drug delivery systems.
To increase the therapeutic effectiveness of device-directed drug delivery systems for diseased cardiovascular tissues and cancerous tissues, new devices and new functional biomaterials were devised to meet the requirements as listed below: drug-infusible balloon catheter, drug-releasable and covered stents, and in situ hydrogelation on and in cancerous tissues. New therapeutic strategies based on these devices were discussed.
Matsuda
Takehisa
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Department of Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyushu University 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashiku, 812-8582, Fukuoka, Japan. matsuda@med.kyushu-u.ac.jp
D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D005780:Gelatin / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D015607:Stents
D005780:Gelatin