Medical device for internal heat treatment and drug delivery
US6355015B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 21, 1999 |
| Grant date | Mar 12, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 21, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2025/0057
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Medical device (1) for effecting heat treatment and local delivery of a fluid medicament on body tissue presenting a predetermined section of a boundary wall of a passageway in a human or animal body comprising a catheter-like member (12) for insertion into the passageway to a predetermined insertion position, the catheter-like member being provided with an inflatable balloon structure (11) having a boundary wall which is inflatable against the body tissue when the catheter-like member (12) is in the predetermined insertion position and delivery means (2,11,25) for local delivery of the fluid medicament on the body tissue when the catheter-like member (12) is in the predetermined insertion position, and a heating arrangement (10,15) which is adapted to heat the body tissue when the catheter-like member (12) is in the predetermined insertion position. The delivery means (2,11,25) comprises a supply channel (25) for supply of the fluid medicament to the balloon structure (11) and a construction for the boundary wall (2) of the balloon structure (11) which is permeable to the fluid medicament. Supply of the fluid medicament to the balloon structure along the supply channel (25) when t…
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