WO2001066036A2 - Intraluminar perforated radially expandable drug delivery prosthesis and a method for the production thereof - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to radially expandable prostheses for implantation in a lumen comprising a tubular wall produced from sheet metal and showing cuts enabling the prosthesis to expand and to a method for producing such prostheses wherein said cuts are at least partially made by means of a laser beam.
- intraluminal prostheses are generally known. They can be implanted in a lumen, for example an artery, to strengthen, support or repair the lumen. With coronary balloon dilatation for example, often a prosthesis is implanted in the place where a coronary artery is injured or where it tends to collapse. Once implanted, the prosthesis strengthens that part of the artery in a way the blood flow is ensured.
- a prosthesis configuration which is extremely suited for implantation in a body lumen is a generally cylindrical prosthesis which can radially expand from a first small diameter to a second larger one.
- Such prostheses can be implanted in the artery by placing them on a catheter and transporting them through the artery to the desired location. The catheter is provided with a balloon or another expansion mechanism which exerts a radial outwards pressure on the prosthesis so that the prosthesis expands to a larger diameter.
- the mentioned intraluminal prostheses have some disadvantages. Many of these expandable prostheses are not extremely flexible and have a central axis that remains rather linear when the prosthesis is not expanded yet. Due to such a lack of flexibility the insertion of the prosthesis in the artery to be correctly placed in the body lumen is hampered. Another problem of the intraluminal prostheses is their decrease in axial length at radial expansion. Although the patent of Lau (US Patent No. 5,514,154) attempts to reduce the axial shortening, it fails to succeed entirely. When a prosthesis is placed in the artery or in another lumen, the implantation has to be performed precisely in the desired place.
- Intraluminal prostheses are often exactly placed before their expansion, but due to the expansion the axial shortening causes that the prosthesis finally does not turn up in the correct place.
- the determination of the exact location of a prosthesis during an implantation in a lumen is difficult, although a highly qualitative medical monitoring system is available.
- the problem of the exact place determination of the prosthesis enlarges the problem of the precise and exact placement.
- Another frequently occurring problem is the occlusion of the side branches. In the case of coronary arteries this can cause a myocardial infarction .
- the general object of the present invention is therefore to provide new methods and new prostheses which enable to reduce the foreign body reaction against the implanted prostheses.
- EP- A-0 931 520 teaches to start from a thin-walled tubular member, in particular a stainless steel tubing, and to cut this tubing to remove portions of the tubing in the desired pattern for the prosthesis or stent. This cutting process is performed by means of a computer-controlled laser.
- a Q-switched Nd/YAG laser which is operated to produce very short pulses ( ⁇ 100 nsec) at a high pulse rate of up to 40 kHz.
- a gas jet is created co-axially to the laser beam.
- a first object of the present invention is therefore to provide a new method for cutting the prosthesis by means of a laser which enables to achieve cleaner or finer cut edges after the cutting operation and to limit the required polishing operations to achieve an optimal biocompatibility.
- the method according to a first aspect of the invention is characterised in that for making at least a number of said cuts, said laser beam is guided in a jet of liquid towards the sheet metal.
- a second object of the present invention is to provide specific methods for electropolishing prostheses made from tantalum or from a nickel titanium alloy which also enable to improve the biocompatibility of the prosthesis.
- the method according to a second aspect of the invention is characterised in that when the prosthesis is made from a nickel titanium alloy, in particular from nitinol, it is polished electrochemically in an electrolyte solution containing perchloric acid and at least one carboxylic acid, in particular acetic acid and, when the prosthesis is made from tantalum, it is polished electrochemically in an electrolyte solution containing sulfuric acid, hydrofluoric acid and optionally a carboxylic acid, in particular acetic acid.
- the prosthesis is also cut by means of a laser beam, preferably by means of the liquid guided laser beam according to the first aspect of the invention.
- a laser beam preferably by means of the liquid guided laser beam according to the first aspect of the invention.
- a titanium nitride layer having a thickness of between 0.1 and 500 ⁇ m, and preferably a thickness of between 1 and 10 ⁇ m.
- the invention relates to a special configuration which enables the prosthesis to release an effective amount of therapeutic agent or medicine over a prolonged period of time, in particular a medicine suppressing the foreign body reaction against the prosthesis increasing thereby also the biocompatibility of the prosthesis.
- the tubular wall of the prosthesis is provided with cuts forming struts having a predetermined thickness and enabling the prosthesis to expand, the struts having a longitudinal direction and showing reservoirs made in said outer surface for containing the therapeutic agent.
- an object of the present invention is therefore to provide a new prosthesis which enables to provide a more uniform drug release, to extend this release over a greater period of time and to incorporate the therapeutic agent in the prosthesis with a smaller effect on the radial strength thereof.
- the prosthesis is characterised in this third aspect of the invention in that at least a number of said reservoirs are formed by holes which show at least an outer opening at the outer surface of the tubular wall and which extend over a depth in said struts larger than 30%, preferably larger than 50% and most preferably larger than 60%, of the thickness thereof, said outer opening having a width measured perpendicular to said longitudinal direction and a length measured in said longitudinal direction which comprises at the most five times, preferably at the most three times, said width.
- the length of the holes comprises at the most five times the width thereof, more holes can be provided in the outer surface of the prosthesis, i.e. at shorter mutual distances, so that a more homogenous drug delivery is possible.
- a further advantage of such shorter holes is that they can be made deeper without affecting the required radial strength of the prosthesis. In this way, it is possible to incorporate more therapeutic agent in the prosthesis and to increase the release period thereof due to the fact that a larger amount of therapeutic agent can be contained in one hole relative to the surface area of the outer opening thereof through which the therapeutic agent is released.
- the small holes which may show a bottom or extend entirely through the strut wherein they are made, allow to load the prosthesis with a dose of medicine up to a thousand times higher compared to a none perforated prosthesis. In this way a more biocompatible intraluminal prosthesis can be obtained which can also be used as a vehiculum for releasing and or depositing medicines locally.
- at least a bottom portion of said hole is substantially conical, the hole having either a bottom or extending through the strut forming in said inner surface of the tubular wall an inner opening.
- the holes can be made easily by laser cutting, in particular in accordance with the liquid guided laser cutting technique, by simply directing the laser beam to the desired spot and cutting the hole without any further movement of the laser beam.
- the depth of the hole can then simply be controlled by adjusting the total amount of energy of the laser beam, i.e. the pulse width, the duration and the intensity thereof.
- the diameter of the inner opening of the holes on the inner side of the strut can be controlled in the same way, i.e. also by adjusting the amount of energy used to make the hole by means of the laser beam.
- the amount of therapeutic agent released towards the inside of the prosthesis can be easily controlled by selecting the desired diameter of the inner openings.
- Figure 1 is a top plan view on a tubular prosthesis which has been cut in its longitudinal direction and pressed into a flat sheet;
- Figure 2 shows on a larger scale a portion of the sheet illustrated in Figure 1 and showing additionally the holes provided in the outer surface of the prosthesis;
- Figure 3 is a diagram setting forth the different steps followed for the electrochemical polishing of nitinol samples
- Figure 4 is a microscopic picture (680x) showing the roughness of the side surface of a laser cut of the as-received nitinol alloy stent made by means of a conventional laser;
- Figure 5 is a microscopic picture (655x) of the nitinol alloy stent illustrated in Figure 4 after having been subjected to the electrochemical polishing process;
- Figure 6 and 7 are microscopic pictures (326x) of the overpolished surface of a nitinol alloy stent
- Figure 8 is a microscopic picture (300x) of the bottom surface of an electrochemically polished nitinol alloy stent without pickling;
- Figure 9 shows, on a larger scale, a schematic cross- sectional view along lines VI-VI in Figure 2, illustrating a perforating hole with a substantially cylindrical shape
- Figure 10 is a view similar to Figure 7 but showing a perforating substantially conical hole having a substantially circular outer opening and a smaller inner opening;
- Figure 11 is a view similar to Figure 8 but the non- perforating conical hole does not extend through the strut but shows a bottom;
- Figure 12 and 13 are views similar to the views of Figures 10 and 11 but showing another shape of holes;
- Figure 14 is a scanning electron microscope picture (156x) showing a perforating hole of the same type as illustrated in Figure 9;
- Figure 11 is a scanning electron microscope picture (156x) showing a perforating hole of the same type as illustrated in Figure 10;
- Figure 12 is a scanning electron microscope picture (625x) showing a non-perforating hole, provided with a bottom, of the same type as illustrated in Figure 11.
- the present invention relates to radially expandable prostheses for implantation in a lumen which comprise a tubular wall produced from sheet metal and showing cuts enabling the prosthesis to expand.
- these cuts are at least partially made by means of a laser beam.
- the prosthesis is thus made starting from a tubular member wherein cuts are made, or wherein usually portions are cut away, according to the design of the prosthesis.
- a tubular member instead of starting from a tubular member, use could also be made of a flat sheet which is enrolled and welded together to form the tubular prosthesis.
- Figures 1 and 2 illustrate a preferred embodiment of a radially expandable prosthesis that presents little or none axial shortening at radial expansion.
- the prosthesis consists of filaments or struts 1 describing the outline of a cylindrical contour. Each prosthesis filament connects to a separate surface at right angles to a central axis of the cylindrical contour of the prosthesis and parallel with other surfaces of the adjacent filaments.
- the prosthesis can exist of a variable amount of filaments which all constitute the prosthesis. At least two filaments are necessary, including a first and a second ending filament to determine the extremities of the prosthesis contour.
- each filament is composed of a number of turns with lowest points and tops zigzag crossing over the length of each filament.
- the lowest point is the most distant from the adjacent filament and the top is the most closely situated to the adjacent filament.
- Figure 1 shows a typical configuration with 12 turns, a number that can vary from 3 to 36 turns.
- a typical configuration is shown with a distance of 1.5 mm between the lowest point and top, this distance however can vary from 0.5 to 5 mm.
- the end filaments are attached to adjacent intermediate filaments by means of connecting parts in the shape of an omega that act as axial elements joining two adjacent filaments. Such connecting parts are also able to fasten together intermediate filaments.
- Each connecting part is attached to the adjacent filaments with a first connection point to the one end of the connecting piece and a second one to the other end. Both connecting points are situated in the tops of the filaments.
- the connecting points are bridging the distance/opening between adjacent filaments with the interstice as maximal width. Not necessarily all perforations are bridged with axial connecting parts.
- Separate outlined intermediate elements can be joined together by means of junctions that are connected with the intermediate elements on locations distant of the lowest points.
- tops can be provided with connecting parts that link adjacent filaments. In case a higher flexibility is necessary, more tops will stay empty with only one connecting piece between two adjacent filaments.
- the prosthesis is constructed as such that during gradual expansion of the prosthesis the filament waves will in a first phase become somewhat larger and than gradually become shorter. To compensate for this shortening the omega shaped interconnections will gradually enlarge resulting in a less axial shortening during gradual expansion. 2) WATER GUIDED LASER TECHNOLOGY TO CUT A
- the water jet continuously removes the burnt metal particles, resulting in a better cutting surface.
- the water or other liquid is generally ejected out of a nozzle at a pressure of between 20 and 500 bars, more particularly at a pressure of between 100 and 300 bars and preferably at a pressure of about 150 bars.
- a nozzle showing an opening having an inner diameter of 20 to 100 ⁇ m, in particular an inner diameter of 40 to 60 ⁇ m, and more particularly an inner diameter of about 60 ⁇ m can be used resulting in a water jet of a similar diameter wherein the laser beam is contained due to the difference in refractive indices of the liquid and air. 2) Thanks to the continuous liquid or water-cooling, the heat penetration is lower, causing quasi no deformation of the metal grain structure.
- Stainless steel tubes with a diameter of 0.0625 inch (1.585 mm) with a wall thickness of 0.004 inch (0.1 mm) were placed on a continuous rotating holder and cut with a Haas laser at a frequency of 100 Hz, pulse duration of 0.15 ms, voltage 510 Volt, head or water nozzle diameter of 60 ⁇ m and water pressure of 150 bar. Comparing the samples with conventional laser cut stents, the surface looked much brighter and less blackened. SEM examination showed a much more regular surface.
- Both anodic and cathodic terminals are submerged in the solution, forming a complete electrical circuit.
- the current applied is direct (DC) current.
- DC direct
- the work piece is dissolved, adding metal ions to the solution.
- a current passes through the electrolyte, a liquid layer of anodic dissolution products is formed on the surface of the anode; this layer has a higher viscosity and greater electrical resistivity than the bulk of the electrolyte.
- the thickness of the liquid layer on a rough surface differs from site to site.
- the current density is non- uniform as result of such non-uniform liquid layer; i.e. it is higher on peaks than in crevices. Thus, peaks dissolve more rapidly than crevices, this, therefore, produces a surface-levelling effect.
- the quantity of metal removed from the work piece is mainly proportional to the amount of current applied and the time during which the current is applied.
- the geometry of the work piece can affect the distribution of the current and, consequently, has an important bearing upon the amount of the metal removed in local area.
- the mode of anodic dissolution of a metal may depend on its nature, the surface state, the composition of the electrolyte, and the temperature, current density and stirring during the electropolishing process.
- Electrolytes used in electropolishing should satisfy the following requirements:
- electrolyte should consist of cheap, readily available materials and should not present any safety hazards
- the ohmic resistivity should be low, i.e. the required current density should be obtained at a low voltage
- the electrolyte should be suitable for use in the electropolishing of many metals.
- the anodic potential, the anodic current density, and the applied voltage are the main electrical parameters of the electropolishing process.
- the process is controlled on the basis of the anodic current density and sometimes on the basis of the applied voltage.
- the temperature of the electrolyte has a marked effect on the polishing quality.
- a range of optimum temperatures should exist for any metal-electrolyte system.
- a drop in the temperature increases the viscosity of the electrolyte and thus reduces the rate of diffusion of anodic dissolution products from the anode surface to the bulk of the electrolyte.
- the electropolishing time should decrease with increasing current density or with decreasing initial roughness of the surface.
- the initial roughness and the state of the surface also affect electropolishing quality.
- the surfaces are preferably degreased and cleaned in organic solvents or by chemical etching in suitable solutions. Stirring is used in cases that the anode is coated with some soluble films or it is necessary to remove bubbles adhering to the surface. Stirring of the electrolyte requires an increase in the current density.
- the cathodes used in electropolishing should not be attacked in the polishing solution.
- the surface area of the cathode is preferably much greater than the surface area of the polished work piece. This ensues a more uniform current distribution, reduces cathodic polarisation and reduces power losses.
- the work pieces should be washed with water or other solvents in order to remove residues of the electrolyte or the anodic dissolution products.
- the electropolishing device that we used was self- designed.
- a glass container 150 ml was used as container for the electrolyte.
- a DC rectifier (Polipower, Struers, Denmark) was employed as a power supply.
- a nitinol sheet material (length 15 cm, width 2.5 cm and thickness 0.2 cm) was selected as anode.
- the as-received samples were first cleaned with an alkaline solvent with a detergent additive in an ultrasonic bath for more than ten minutes. They were then cleaned in distilled water with an ultrasonic agitation device for more than ten minutes.
- the sheet materials were covered by a black oxide film, they were pickled at room temperature in an acid solution as follows: 2 ml hydrofluoric acid (38-40%) and 40 ml nitric acid (14M) for different time durations in a glass container (50 ml). By observation of the change of the surface state of these sheet samples, a time of seven minutes was finally chosen because the black film just disappeared at this time duration. After pickling, the samples were rinsed in distilled water with an ultrasonic agitation device for more than 10 minutes. After the preparation processes above, electropolishing was then studied with several selected electrolyte mixtures shown in Table 1. Solutions (i) and (ii) were used for electropolishing. Chemical polishing was also evaluated using the solutions (iii) and (iv) in order to have a comparison of the chemical polishing effect with electrochemical polishing.
- Table 2 (a) the electrolyte (i) was used with a fixed applied voltage for different times to test the electropolishing conditions. The effects were evaluated visually and with optical microscopy. Secondly, the conditions of fixed time and applied voltage were studied as well as that of some other selected times (Table 2 (b)).
- the as-received stents made by means of a conventional laser cutting process and illustrated in Figure 4, were first cleaned with an alkaline solvent with detergent additive in an ultrasonic bath for more than ten minutes in order to remove the contaminants of the surface. All the samples were then cleaned in distilled water with an ultrasonic agitation device for more than ten minutes. Considering the oxide layer formed during the process of fabrication, the stents were pickled for 2, 4 and 6 minutes at room temperature in the following acid solution: 2 ml hydrofluoric acid (38-40%) and 40 ml nitric acid (14M). By observation with optical microscopy, a time of nearly six minutes was chosen as the optimum pickling time of the stents. The samples were then rinsed in distilled water with ultrasonic agitation for more than 10 minutes. After pickling and rinsing, electropolishing was done without stirring at room temperature using the conditions shown in
- Table 4 The selected processing conditions for electropolishing nitinol alloy stents These conditions were selected according to the results of the electropolishing of sheet materials and wires, considering the specific thin shape of mesh of the stents. After electropolishing, the samples were rinsed in distilled water with an ultrasonic agitation device for more than 10 minutes. A scanning electron microscopic picture of a electropolished stent is given in Figure 5 illustrating the much smoother surface compared to the stent prior to electropolishing. Electropolishing of the stents without the pre-treatment of pickling was also done in order to check whether or not the oxide layer can be removed as well as to investigate the effects of pickling on the electrochemical polishing of the stents for the following condition (Table 5).
- Table 5 The conditions for electropolishing the stents without pickling Table 6 summarizes all the results of applied polishing processes for nitinol alloy materials. Table 6. The comparison of the different polishing processes
- electrolyte (ii) perchloric acid (70%) 5 ml, acetic acid (99,8%) 100 ml
- electrolyte (ii) was selected for electrochemical polishing of either sheet materials or stents (Table 1 ).
- voltages of 5 V and 10 V Even for more than ten minutes. This is consistent with the fact that electrochemical polishing takes place only when the current density is higher than that noted at the critical point. Current density and voltage are closely related in polishing. As voltage increases there is an increase in current density generally. The surface is attacked with a voltage of 15 V for 15 minutes. This might be the effect of electroetching.
- Electroetching is a comparatively slow process and its current densities are often smaller than those with electropolishing.
- the duration of polishing for sheet materials is longer than that of wires and much longer compared to that of stents. This might be because of the difference in degree of surface roughness of these materials and related to the thin size of the stent filaments.
- a time, up to six or eight minutes is so long that it causes overpolishing for the sheet materials. However, polishing time of three minutes has caused overpolishing for the stents.
- Figures 6 and 7 show two overpolished surfaces of stents.
- the smooth surface can not be obtained by means of chemical polishing alone in this experiment. Chemical polishing is not sufficient to polish these nitinol alloy materials.
- the optimal conditions for electrochemical polishing of nitinol stents are shown in Table 7. These optimal conditions will be somewhat different for each particular nitinol sample and will have to be restudied for each particular nitinol prosthesis depending on the design and mesh thickness used.
- the electrolyte solution used for electrochemically polishing nickel titanium alloys, in particular nitinol comprises at least perchloric acid and at least one carboxylic acid, in particular acetic acid.
- the electrolyte solution comprises the perchloric acid and the acetic acid in a concentration corresponding to the perchloric acid and acetic acid concentrations in a mixture of 1 to 10 volume parts of a 70% by weight perchloric acid solution and 2 to 500 volume parts of a 99.8% by weight acetic acid solution, and more particularly in a concentration corresponding to the perchloric acid and acetic acid concentrations in a mixture of about 5 to about 6 volume parts, preferably about 5 volume parts, of a 70% by weight perchloric acid solution and about 94 to about 100 volume parts, preferably about 100 volume parts, of a 99.8% by weight acetic acid solution.
- the most preferred electrolyte solution comprises 5 volume parts of a 70% perchlor
- Figure 8 shows the morphology of the stent surface electropolished without acidic pickling. It is very clear that the rough oxide layers still adhere to the bottom surface of the stent and reveal an even worse quality than the as-received one. Thus, it can be concluded that in case the stent is covered by a heavy oxide layer such a layer can not be removed by means of electrochemical polishing alone, i.e. the preparation of pickling is necessary for electrochemical polishing of nitinol alloy stents which are covered with heavy oxide layers.
- the electrolytes (I) and (II) were used for electrochemcial polishing, and the electrolyte (III) was used for chemical polishing.
- the as-received samples were first cleaned with an alkaline solvent with detergent additive dipped in an ultrasonic bath for more than ten minutes. All the samples were then cleaned in distilled water with an ultrasonic agitation device for more than ten minutes. After degreasing, the samples were treated by means of acidic pickling for several periods of time: 2.5, 5, 7.5, 10 and 20 minutes in the following solution: HF 48-51 % 5.6 ml, H 2 SO 4 95-97% 1 ml, HN0 3 65% 8 ml, H 2 O 8 ml.
- the samples were then cleaned in distilled water with an ultrasonic agitation device for more than ten minutes. According to the effects observed by means of optical microscopy, ten minutes was chosen as the best pickling time. After pickling, the samples were polished with the selected electrolytes.
- Table 11. The conditions for polishing tantalum stents The voltage was selected as the controlling parameter because the current density was difficult to determine with the specific shape of the stents.
- the electropolishing of the as-received samples without degreasing and pickling was also done in order to check whether or not an oxide layer exists on the surface as well as to investigate the effects of pickling on the electrochemical polishing of the stents. The conditions are shown in Table 12.
- Table 13 summarises all the results of the explored polishing processes for the tantalum stents. All these electrochemcial polishing processes were conducted at room temperature with agitation. Prior to the electropolishing processes, both degreasing and pickling were done. Two electrolytes were explored for electropolishing: (I) acetic acid 20 ml, H 2 SO 4 50 ml, HF 10 ml, (II) H 2 SO 4 90 ml, HF 10 ml. Table 13. The comparison of the different polishing processes
- electrolyte (I) gave a relatively better effect; therefore it was concluded to be the preferred electrolyte.
- the voltages 2.5 V, 5 V, 7.5 V and 10 V were explored respectively with electrolyte (I) for 2 min.
- the voltages of 2.5 and 10 V provided relatively bad results.
- 5 V revealed the best results among these voltages.
- Fixing the voltage to 5 V the times 0.5 min., 1 min. and 3 min. were selected in order to compare the results. The result was that the voltage 5 V and the time 2 min. in conjunction with electrolyte (I) were optimal parameters for electrochemical polishing this kind of tantalum stents.
- Electrolyte (II) was also used with some changed parameters. Several times were explored with fixed voltage 15 V. It was found that 9 min. causes the best result among these times, and either 3 min. or 12 min. resulted in a bad surface quality.
- the electrolyte solution used for electrochemically polishing tantalum comprises at least sulfuric acid and hydrofluoric acid, and optionally at least one carboxylic acid, in particular acetic acid.
- the electrolyte solution comprises sulfuric acid and hydrofluoric acid in a concentration corresponding to the sulfuric acid and hydrofluoric acid concentrations in a mixture of 70 to 120 volume parts of a 95 to 97% by weight sulfuric acid solution and 5 to 20 volume parts of a 48 to 51% by weight hydrofluoric acid solution, and more particularly in a concentration corresponding to the sulfuric acid and hydrofluoric acid concentrations in a mixture of about 90 volume parts of a 95 to 97% by weight sulfuric acid solution and about 10 volume parts of a 48 to 51 % by weight hydrofluoric acid solution.
- the electrolyte solution comprises sulfuric acid, hydrofluoric acid and acetic acid in a concentration corresponding to the sulfuric acid, hydrofluoric acid and acetic acid concentrations in a mixture of 20 to 80 volume parts of a 95 to 97% by weight sulfuric acid solution, 5 to 20 volume parts of a 48 to 51% by weight hydrofluoric acid solution and 10 to 30 volume parts of a 99.8% by weight acetic acid solution, and more particularly in a concentration corresponding to the sulfuric acid, hydrofluoric acid and acetic acid concentrations in a mixture of about 50 volume parts of a 95 to 97% by weight sulfuric acid solution, about 10 volume parts of a 48 to 51% by weight hydrofluoric acid solution and about 20 volume parts of a 99.8% by weight acetic acid solution.
- the heavy oxide layer can not be removed only by means of electrochemical polishing, i.e. the preparation of pickling is necessary before electrochemical polishing the tantalum stents which are covered with heavy rough oxide layers.
- Degreasing was accomplished by an alkaline solvent with detergent additive. Pickling was used to remove the heavy oxide layer and normally done with alkaline or acidic solutions. In this experiment, acidic pickling was explored at room temperature with acidic solutions: HF 48-51 % 5.6 ml, H 2 SO 4 95-97% 1 ml, HNO 3 65% 8 ml, H 2 O 8 ml.
- a metal prosthesis always causes a kind of foreign body reaction after intraluminal implantation.
- the prostheses are covered with a titanium nitride coating showing a thickness of between 0.1 and 500 ⁇ m and preferably a thickness of between 1 and 10 ⁇ m.
- a titanium nitride coating showing a thickness of between 0.1 and 500 ⁇ m and preferably a thickness of between 1 and 10 ⁇ m.
- Titanium nitride (TiN) coatings have proved their efficiency in increasing the lifetime of cutting tools. Their tribological properties are widely known and their use in bioengineering applications as a biomaterial has been considered, particularly as a wear-resistant coating for Ti6A14V orthopaedic implants. The tests undertaken showed that wear was reduced, that the TiN friction coefficient was low and that TiN presented good chemical stability.
- the present inventors used TiN (5 ⁇ m) to coat an intraluminal prosthesis and demonstrated improved biocompatibility.
- a coronary stent of a coil-type design as described in US patent 5,183,085 was used. It consisted of a preconditioned, non ferromagnetic, highly polished stainless steel wire (AISI 316L) with a diameter of 0.18 mm. This design allows folding (radial compression) on any conventional balloon, resulting in a low profile 6F guiding catheter compatible stent delivery system. Percentage of axial shortening upon expanding the balloon is less than 5% and the stent is available in lenghts from 12 mm up to 40 mm allowing customized stenting. These stents are available as bare stents or as mounted stents. In the present example stents of a length of 16 mm were used.
- any laser cut stainless steel mesh stents or any intraluminal metal prosthesis can be used as well.
- POROUS TiN COATING The vacuum deposition techniques of physical vapor deposition (PVD) and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) are well known for their ability to form TiN coatings of different structures and stoichiometries.
- Porous TiN can be generated in a reactive sputtering process, which is a special PVD method.
- Ar ions are produced by a glow discharge and accelerated against a Ti target. The ions impinging on the Ti lead to the ejection of particles from the target surface. These particles condense on the surfaces in line-of-sight to the target.
- the structure of the TiN can be influenced and determined by controlling the deposition parameters like Ar and N 2 pressure, target power, substrate bias voltage, and substrate position relative to the Ti target.
- the TiN layer grows with columnar structure and shows up to 1000 fold increase in effective surface area.
- the thickness of the sputtered layer lies around 5 ⁇ m. The thickness constancy is ensured by a uniform rotation of the intraluminal prosthesis during the sputtering process.
- the TiN coated and bare non-coated stents were radially compressed on a balloon catheter (3 to 3.5 mm) and randomly implanted in a series of coronary arteries of 20 domestic cross bred pigs of both sexes, weighing 25 to 30 kg.
- Ten TiN coated stents and 10 non-coated highly polished stainless steel stents were implanted for comparison. All stent deployments and implantations were successful and resulted in properly stented vessel segments.
- Angiographic analysis quantitative coronary angiography of stented vessel segments was performed before stenting, immediately after stenting, and at follow-up using the Polytron 1000-system as described by De Scheerder et al. in the Journal of Invasive Cardiology 1996;8:215-222.
- the degree of oversizing (%) was expressed as measured maximum balloon size minus minimal stent lumen diameter (measured 15 minutes after stent implantation) and divided by measured maximum balloon size.
- the late loss value is an indication of hyperplasia and is the difference between the post-stenting value and the diameter at follow-up.
- the results of the angiographic measurements are summarized in Table 16. Baseline selected arteries, measured balloon diameter and post stenting diameter were similar for the three types. Oversizing and recoil were also similar. At six weeks follow-up a larger minimal luminal stent diameter and a decreased late loss was found for the TiN-coated stents.
- Thrombus formation was decreased in the coated stent group. Also peri-stent inflammation was decreased in the TiN-coated stent group.
- TiN-coated stents showed an improved lumen area and a decreased neointimal hyperplasia and area stenosis at follow-up.
- the invention has been described for coronary blood vessels, similar results can be obtained for stents and intraluminal prosthesis with a TiN-coating in other luminal life stream conducts in animal and human bodies.
- Another method is the covering of an endoluminal prosthesis with a polymer coating and the impregnation of the polymer with a medicine.
- the disadvantage of this method is the limited capacity of the coating and the too fast release of the medicine.
- the present inventor have made holes in the endoluminal prosthesis which holes have either a bottom or extend through the prosthesis. These holes are filled with the medicine impregnated polymer before implantation.
- the holes can vary in size and density. The condition is that the radial force of the prosthesis is not affected.
- Animal experimental research showed a hundredfold tissue concentration of the medicine in a porcine model after implantation of a polymer coated perforated endoluminal prosthesis in coronary arteries.
- a prosthesis By making holes in the metal structure of the prosthesis, which holes show either a bottom or extend right through the metal structure of the prosthesis, ( Figure 2) and filling these holes with a drug or a polymer coating containing one or more medicines with anti thrombotic and/or anti restenotic properties, a prosthesis is developed that very efficiently releases the medicine gradually and puts the medicine directly in contact with the damaged tissue.
- the prosthesis starts to function as a reservoir for the medicine, which is gradually released after implantation of the endoluminal prosthesis to carry out its function.
- genes can be used that code for certain substances (proteins) having either an anti thrombotic or an anti restenotic action.
- the medicine release can be directed; either towards the tissue surrounding the lumen or towards the lumen itself. 3) The release time of the medicine becomes much longer (weeks instead of days).
- the therapeutic agent i.e. a medicine or genes is to be applied onto the prosthesis, in particular into the holes provided on its surface. This can be done by dipping and/or spraying, after which the therapeutic agent applied next to the holes can optionally be removed.
- the therapeutic agent can either be applied as such or as a solution. In a preferred embodiment, it is however combined with a polymer which increases the adherence to the prosthesis and which can be used to control the release properties of the therapeutic agent.
- a solution which includes a solvent, a polymer dissolved in the solvent and a therapeutic substance (i.e.
- a drug dispersed in the solvent, and the solvent thereafter is evaporated to leave a drug eluting polymeric substance filling the holes of the prosthesis.
- the inclusion of a polymer in intimate contact with a drug filling up the holes of the prosthesis allows the drug to be retained in the prosthesis in a resilient matrix during expansion of the prosthesis and also slows the administration of drug following implantation.
- This method can be used whether the perforated prosthesis has a metallic or polymeric surface. The method is also an extremely simple one since it can be effected by simply immersing the perforated prosthesis into the solution or by spraying the solution onto the perforated prosthesis.
- the amount of drug to be included in the perforated prosthesis can be readily controlled by changing the size and the amounts of the holes and/or perforations or by using different drug concentrations and or different coating application methods.
- the rate at which the drug is delivered can be controlled by the selection of an appropriate bioabsorbable or biostable polymer and by the ratio of drug to polymer in the solution.
- drugs such as glucocorticoids (e.g.
- the perforated prosthesis made according to the present invention can deliver drugs to a body lumen by introducing the perforated prosthesis transluminally into a selected portion of the body lumen and radially expanding the perforated prosthesis into contact with the body lumen.
- the transluminal delivery can be accomplished by a catheter designed for the delivery of perforated prostheses and the radial expansion can be accomplished by balloon expansion of the perforated prosthesis, by self- expansion of the perforated prosthesis or a combination of self- expansion and balloon expansion.
- the underlying structure of the perforated prosthesis used according to the invention can be virtually any perforated prosthesis design, for example of the self-expanding type or of the balloon expandable type, and of metal or polymeric material.
- metal prosthesis designs such as those disclosed in US-A-4 733 665 (Palmaz) and US-A-5 603 721 (Lau) could be used in the present invention.
- the perforated prosthesis could be made of virtually any biocompatible material having physical properties suitable for the design. For example, tantalum, nitinol and stainless steel have been proven suitable for many such designs and could be used in the present invention.
- prostheses made of biostable or bioabsorbable polymers such as poly(ethylene terephthalate), polyacetal, poly(lactic acid), poly(ethylene oxide)/poly(butylene terephthalate) copolymer could be used in the present invention.
- the perforated prosthesis surface should be clean and free from contaminants that may be introduced during manufacturing, the perforated prosthesis surface requires no particular surface treatment in order to retain the coating applied in the present invention.
- the solvent should be capable of placing the polymer into solution at the concentration desired. Moreover the solvent and polymer should not chemically alter the therapeutic character of the therapeutic substance. However, the therapeutic substance only needs to be dispersed throughout the solvent so that it may be either in a true solution with the solvent or dispersed in fine particles in the solvent. Examples of some suitable combinations of polymer, solvent and therapeutic substance are set forth in Table 18.
- the solution is applied to the perforated prosthesis and the solvent is allowed to evaporate, thereby filling the perforations and leaving on the perforated prosthesis surface a coating of the polymer and the therapeutic substance.
- the solution can be applied to the perforated prosthesis by either spraying the solution onto the perforated prosthesis or immersing the perforated prosthesis in the solution. Whether one chooses application by immersion or application by spraying depends principally on the viscosity and surface tension of the solution.
- the prosthesis can optionally be cleaned to remove the coating applied next to the holes leaving only the therapeutic agent present in the holes onto the prosthesis.
- the polymer chosen should be a polymer that is biocompatible and minimizes irritation to the vessel wall when the perforated prosthesis is implanted.
- the polymer may be either a biostable or a bioabsorbable polymer depending on the desired rate of release or the desired degree of polymer stability, but a bioabsorbable polymer may be more desirable since, unlike a biostable polymer, it will not be present long after implantation to cause any adverse, chronic local response.
- Bioabsorbable polymers that could be used include poly(L- lactic acid), polycaprolactone, poly(lactide-co-glycolide), poly(hydroxybutyrate), poly(hydroxyburytate-co-valerate), polydioxanone, polyorthoester, polyanhydride, poly(glycolic acid), poly(D, L-lactic acid), poly(glycolic acid-co-trimethylene carbonate), polyphosphoester, polyphosoester uethane, poly(amino acids), cyanoacrylates, poly(trimethylene carbonate), poly(iminocarbonate), copoly(etheresters) (e.g.
- PEO/PLA polyalkylene oxalates, poly(organs)phosphazenes, hydrophylic polymetracrylates and biomolecules such as fibrin, fibrinogen, cellulose, starch, collagen and hyaluronic acid.
- biostable polymers with a relative low chronic tissue response such as polyurethanes, silicones, and polyesters could be used and other polymers could also be used if they can be dissolved and cured or polymerized on the perforated prosthesis such as polyolefins, polyisobutylene and ethylene-alphaolefin copolymers; acrylic polymers and copolymers, vinyl halide polymers and copolymers, such as polyvinyl chloride; polyvinyl ethers, such as polyvinyl methyl ether; polyvinylidene halides, such as polyvinylidene fluoride and polyvinylidende chloride; polyacrylonitrile, polyvinyl ketones; polyvinyl aromatics, such as polystyrene, polyvinyl esters, such as polyvinyl acetate; copolymers of vinyl monomers with each other and olefins, such as ethylene-methyl methacrylate copolymers, actrylonitrile
- the ratio of therapeutic substance to polymer in the solution will depend on the efficacy of the polymer in securing the therapeutic substance into the perforated prosthesis and the rate at which the coating is to release the therapeutic substance to the tissue of the blood vessel or body conduit. More polymer may be needed if it has relatively poor efficacy in retaining the therapeutic substance in the perforated prosthesis and more polymer may be needed in order to provide an elution matrix that limits the elution of a very soluble therapeutic substance. A wide ratio of therapeutic substance to polymer could therefore be appropriate and the weight ratio could range from about 10:1 to 1 :100.
- the therapeutic substance could be virtually any therapeutic substance which possesses desirable therapeutic characteristics for application to a blood vessel or body conduit. This can include both solid substances and liquid substances.
- glucocorticoids e.g. methyl prednisolone, dexamethasone, betamethasone
- heparin hirudin
- tocopherol angiopeptin
- aspirin Cytochalasin A, B, and D
- Paclitaxel Rapamycin, Actinomycin, ACE inhibitors, A2 blockers, beta blockers, growth factors, oligonucleotides
- antiplatelet agents anticoagulant agents, antimitotic agents, antioxidants, antimetabolite agents, and anti- inflammatory agents could be used.
- Antiplatelet agents can include drugs such as aspirin and dipyridamole.
- Anticoagulant agents can include drugs such as heparin, coumadin, protamine, hirudin and tick anticoagulant protein.
- Antimitotic agents and antimetabolite agents can include drugs such as methotrexate, azathioprine, vincristine, vinblastine, fluorouracil, adriamycin and mitomycin.
- this perforated prosthesis can be used to deliver genes that code for substances that can influence the foreign body reaction to the prosthesis or modify the healing response induced by tissue damage. DESCRIPTION OF THE PERFORATED PROSTHESIS IN ORDER TO OBTAIN AN IMPROVED LOCAL DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE
- FIG. 1 To illustrate the invention a tubular laser cut balloon expandable stent was used ( Figures 1 and 2). Perforating holes of 50 ⁇ m were made, i.e. holes extending entirely through the stent, using the same water-guided eximer laser as described in the first part of this description at a frequency of 100 Hz, pulse duration of 0.15 ms and a voltage of 510 volts. In this way the holes can easily be made in the same operation as the cutting of the prosthesis out of the tubular member. Other methods can however also be used to make the holes, for example mechanical die cutting or conventional laser cutting techniques.
- Figure 14 shows a microscopic picture of a part of the obtained prosthesis.
- the stents were dipped in a polymer solution in which the drug was dissolved.
- a fluorinated polymethacrylate (PFM- P75) in which 10% methyl prednisolone was dissolved.
- Total loading dose of methyl prednisolone loaded on a PFM-P75-coated non perforated stents was 10 ⁇ g.
- Total loading dose of a perforated stent was 3500 ⁇ g.
- the holes provided in the prosthesis do not have to extend through the prosthesis as in the previous example but show preferably a bottom in order to obtain a directional release of the therapeutic agent.
- Different types of holes are illustrated in the schematic drawings of Figures 9 to 13 and in the microscopic pictures of Figures 14 to 16.
- the prosthesis comprises a tubular wall which is usually produced from solid sheet metal but which may also be made of a synthetic sheet material.
- the wall comprises cuts, usually around cut away portions, forming the struts 1 of which the prosthesis is composed. These struts have an outer or convex surface 2, arranged to engage after implantation the inner wall of the lumen, and an opposite inner or concave surface 3.
- FIGS 9 to 13 are cross-sectional views through a strut at the location of such a hole 4.
- the strut has a strut width W and a thickness T
- the longitudinal direction of the strut is indicated by reference A in Figure 2.
- the holes 4 show an outer opening 5 which is situated at a distance from both longitudinal edges 10 of the strut. This outer opening has a width w measured perpendicular to the longitudinal direction A of the strut and a length I measured in this longitudinal direction.
- the width and the length of the opening 5 is to be determined by drawing a line 11 along the inner wall of the hole 4 and determining the point of intersection with the outer surface plane so that the bevel of the upper edge of the hole 4 is not taken into account for determining the width and length of its outer opening 5. The same goes for the inner opening which will be described hereinafter in case of a perforating hole.
- the length I of the outer opening 5 should comprise at the most five times, and preferably at the most three times, the width w thereof whilst the hole 4 itself should extend over a depth d in the strut which is larger than 30%, preferably larger than 50%, and most preferably larger than 60%, of the thickness T of the strut 1.
- the therapeutic agent is distributed over a number of relatively small holes enabling a homogeneous distribution thereof over the surface of the prosthesis.
- the total amount of therapeutic agent applied onto the prosthesis can be controlled not only by the number of holes but also by the depth thereof.
- An advantage of providing deeper holes is that the surface of the outer opening 5 through which the therapeutic agent can be released is relatively small compared to the volume of the hole so that the duration of the therapeutic agent release can be extended.
- the outer openings 5 have advantageously a width w larger than 10 ⁇ m, in particular larger than 20 ⁇ m and more particularly larger than 30 ⁇ m but smaller than 100 ⁇ m, preferably smaller than 60 ⁇ m and most preferably smaller or equal to 50 ⁇ m.
- the length of the outer openings 5 may comprise up to five times this width but is preferably substantially equal to the width w.
- the opening 5 is in particular preferably substantially circular.
- the width w of the outer opening 5 comprises at the most 60%, preferably at the most 50%, of the width W of the strut 1. Together with the limited length I of the outer openings 5 this relatively small width enables to increase the depth d of the holes whilst maintaining the required minimum radial strength of the prosthesis.
- the openings are divided according to the longitudinal directions of the struts, i.e. they are not preferably not arranged next to one another in the transverse direction in order to have a minimal effect on the radial strength of the prosthesis.
- the holes are arranged on substantially constant mutual distances to achieve a uniform distribution of the therapeutic agent.
- Figures 9 and 14 illustrate a perforating hole 4 forming at the inner surface 3 of the tubular prosthesis wall an inner opening 6 which is substantially as large as the opposite outer opening 5. Apart from the bevelled edges, the hole 4 is substantially cylindrical. Such a hole 4 can easily be made by means of a laser beam, preferably by means of a liquid-guided laser beam by applying a total amount of cutting energy sufficient to produce such a hole without having to move the laser beam.
- Figures 10, 12 and 15 illustrate a perforating hole 4 which also form an inner opening 6 but which has the advantage that there is a more directional release of the therapeutic agent, i.e. more therapeutic agent is released towards the wall of the lumen than towards the interior thereof. This is due to the fact that the inner opening 6 is smaller than the outer opening 5.
- the hole narrows conically from the outer opening 5 towards the inner opening 6 and is thus substantially conical.
- the hole shows on the contrary first a substantially cylindrical portion 7 and subsequently a bottom portion 8 narrowing conically towards the inner opening 6.
- These two types of holes can also easily be made by means of a laser beam, preferably by means of a liquid-guided laser beam, without having to move the laser beam during the cutting operation.
- the different types of holes can in particular be controlled by adjusting the pulse width of the pulse laser beam, a greater pulse width producing a more elongated cone shape as in Figure 10 whilst a smaller pulse width produces a shorter or steeper cone shape as in Figure 12.
- the total amount of energy of the laser beam is reduced so that the hole does not extend entirely through the strut but forms a bottom 9.
- a hole is illustrated in Figures 11 , 13 and 16.
- the hole is entirely conical or frusto-conical. It will however be clear that the hole could also show a conical bottom part and on top of that a more cylindrical part, depending on the thickness of the strut and the depth of the hole.
- the hole illustrated in Figure 11 can be achieved by means of a same type of laser beam as the hole illustrated in Figure 10 whilst the hole illustrated in Figure 13 can be achieved by means of the same type of laser beam as the hole illustrated in Figure 12, the total amount of cutting energy, i.e. the duration of the cutting process being of course reduced to achieve a shallower hole.
- the holes illustrated in the figures have all a substantially circular cross-section seen parallel to the outer or inner surface of the prosthesis.
- elongated holes i.e. holes having a length I larger than their width w
- two or more of the above described holes can be made next to one another to achieve one elongated hole.
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