Nanomatrix Coating For Stents Promises Improvements
A nanomatrix for stent coating designed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
(UAB) mimics natural endothelium, the substance that lines blood vessels, and
promises the potential to prevent post-operative tissue scaring along the blood
vessel wall, greatly reducing the possibility of future thrombosis, or blockage
at the stent site. This next generation nanotechnology could prove vital to
reducing coronary artery disease, the number one cause of death in the United
States, said Ho-Wook Jun, Ph.D., a UAB assistant professor of Biomedical Engineering
and principal investigator on the discovery.
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