Agents that stimulate therapeutic angiogenesis and techniques and devices that enable their delivery
US6702744B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 30, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 2, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S977/915
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method including positioning a catheter at a location in a blood vessel; imaging a thickness of a portion of a wall of the blood vessel at the location; identifying a treatment site; advancing a needle a distance into the wall of the blood vessel to the treatment site; and introducing a treatment agent through the needle to the treatment site. A composition including an inflammation-inducing agent and a carrier in the form of microspheres having a particle size suitable for transvascular delivery. A composition including a therapeutic angiogenesis promoter in a carrier and an opsonin-inhibitor coupled to the carrier. An apparatus for delivery of a therapeutic angiogenesis promoter.
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