Patent · US Expired

Drug delivery system

US5462523A · kind A · utility

145Cited by
12References
68Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 18, 1993
Grant dateOct 31, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 18, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M2025/0073
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This invention is a surgical instrument and specifically is a catheter for treating a target site by delivering a controlled amount of a therapeutic or diagnostic agent (the target site being accessible by a tortuous path through the vasculature), the perfusion tip assembly on first catheter, and a process of using that catheter to deliver fluids to the selected vascular site.

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