Abstract: The invention concerns oligosaccharides and polysaccharides as well as the use of these oligosaccharides and/or polysaccharides, which contain the sugar unit N-acylglucosamine or N-acylgalactosamine for the production of hemocompatible surfaces as well as methods for the hemocompatible coating of surfaces with said oligosaccharides and/or polysaccharides, which imitate the common biosynthetic precursor substance of heparin, heparan sulphates and chitosan. The invention further describes methods for producing said oligosaccharides and/or polysaccharides and discloses various possibilities of using hemocompatibly coated surfaces. The invention relates particularly to the use of said oligosaccharides and/or polysaccharides on stents with at least one according to invention deposited hemocompatible coating, which contains an antiproliferative, antiinflammatory and/or antithrombotic active agent, methods for the preparation of said stents as well as the use of said stents for the prevention of restenosis.

Abstract: A method for coating catheter balloons with a defined amount of a pharmacologically active agent, uses a coating device having a volume measuring device for releasing a measurable amount of a coating solution by means of a dispensing device specifically onto the surface of the catheter balloon.

Abstract: The embodiments described herein are directed to biodegradable stents comprising an inner biodegradable metal scaffold and an outer polymeric coating. The biodegradable coating consists preferentially of biodegradable polymers and may additionally include at least one pharmacologically active substance such as an anti-inflammatory, cytostatic, cytotoxic, antiproliferative, anti-microtubuli, antiangiogenic, antirestenotic (anti-restenosis), antifungicide, antineoplastic, antimigrative, athrombogenic and/or antithrombogenic agent.

Abstract: The invention relates to stents and catheter balloons having optimized coatings for eluting rapamycin as well as methods for manufacturing these coatings.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a caspase inhibitor and/or a compound of the general formula R-Lys-X, methods for coating medical products using said caspase inhibitors and/or said compounds of general formula R-Lys-X and medical products coated with said caspase inhibitors and/or said compounds of general formula R-Lys-X.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for coating the entire surface of lattice-like or mesh-like endoprostheses, wherein the endoprostheses initially are being provided with a thin layer covering the material surface of the endoprosthesis and subsequently, the surface of the entire endoprosthesis is being coated, wherein said coating of the entire surface covers the struts as well as the interstices between the individual struts.

Abstract: The invention relates to medical products having a surface that is at least partially covered by a polymer layer. Said polymer layer is preferably formed by auto-polymerization. Substances containing least one multiple bond, especially unsaturated fatty acids comprising an alkyl chain consisting of preferably between 7 and 50 carbon atoms are polymerized. Other substances which do not participate in the polymerization can be added to the substances participating in the polymerization reaction. Said substances are preferably saturated fatty acids and fatty acid derivatives. The invention also relates to methods for producing such medical products, and to the use of the same.

Abstract: The invention concerns oligosaccharides and polysaccharides as well as the use of these oligosaccharides and/or polysaccharides, which contain the sugar unit N-acylglucosamine or N-acylgalactosamine for the production of hemocompatible surfaces as well as methods for the hemocompatible coating of surfaces with said oligosaccharides and/or polysaccharides, which imitate the common biosynthetic precursor substance of heparin, heparan sulphates and chitosan. The invention further describes methods for producing said oligosaccharides and/or polysaccharides and discloses various possibilities of using hemocompatibly coated surfaces. The invention relates particularly to the use of said oligosaccharides and/or polysaccharides on stents with at least one according to invention deposited hemocompatible coating, which contains an antiproliferative, antiinflammatory and/or antithrombotic active agent, methods for the preparation of said stents as well as the use of said stents for the prevention of restenosis.

Abstract: The invention relates to medical products with at least one biocompatible biostable polysulfone coating with which the elution kinetics of the incorporated and/or deposited at least one antiproliferative, antiinflammatory, antiphlogistic and/or antithrombotic active agent can be controlled via the admixing of at least one hydrophilic polymer in a suitable amount and as well as an local separation of different active agents and active agent combinations respectively can be achieved by means of the layer system of biostable polymers, methods of manufacturing these medical products as well as their use especially in the form of stents for prevention of restenosis.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of polysaccharides, that comprise the sugar building unit N-acylglucosamine, for the preparation of hemocompatible surfaces as well as methods for the hemocompatible coating of surfaces with these polysaccharides, which are classified to be the common biosynthetic precursor substances of heparin and heparansulphates. Described are medical devices coated according to invention, especially stents, which comprise paclitaxel as antiproliferative active agent as well as the use of these stents for the prevention of restenosis.