Local delivery of water-soluble or water-insoluble therapeutic agents to the surface of body lumens
US8128951B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 24, 2010 |
| Grant date | Mar 6, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 24, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61L2300/606
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method and device for local delivery of water-soluble or water-insoluble therapeutic agents to the tissue of a normal or diseased body lumen is disclosed. An expandable structure of a medical disposable device, such as a balloon of a balloon catheter, is coated with a non-durable coating which is complexed with iodine and has a substantially water-insoluble therapeutic agent dispersed therein. The medical disposable device is inserted into a body lumen, and expanded to contact the non-durable coating against the body lumen and deliver the substantially water-insoluble therapeutic agent to the body lumen tissue.
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