Methods and systems for delivering substances into luminal walls
US8864743B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 6, 2012 |
| Grant date | Oct 21, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 6, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2025/1086
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Angioplasty and other dilatation devices are provided with scoring elements which incorporate a drug to be delivered to a body lumen, typically a blood vessel. The non-cutting scoring elements have drugs and other active substances coated over a portion thereof or incorporated within internal structure of the element so that the drug is released into the luminal wall closely associated diseased regions of the body lumen as the non-cutting scoring structure is radially expanded into the wall.
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