Lipid coating for medical devices delivering bioactive agent

This is a medical balloon designed to deliver drugs. It has an inner coating containing drug-filled nanoparticles embedded in a flexible gel. An outer lipid coating, made of fatty acids, melts at body temperature to help release the drug from the balloon.

Why it matters: Advances in precision manufacturing of drug-loaded nanoparticles and tunable hydrogels since 2011 make controlled, temperature-triggered drug release more feasible.

Status: Not in forceListed as no longer active. The specific reason is not in the record we hold.
How hard to build: SpecializedDrug-loaded nanoparticles, hydrogel, lipid coating, medical device.

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