A multifunctional surface for blood contact with fibrinolytic activity, ability to promote endothelial cell adhesion and inhibit smooth muscle cell adhesion

Blood compatible materials are required for a wide variety of medical devices. Despite many years of intensive effort, however, the blood compatibility problem, in particular the ability to prevent thrombosis, remains unsolved. Based on the knowledge that the vascular endothelium, the ultimate blood contacting surface, draws on several mechanisms to maintain blood fluidity, it seems reasonable that analogous multifunctionality should be the …