Surgery – Means for introducing or removing material from body for... – Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
Reexamination Certificate
2003-04-01
2008-09-09
Gibson, Roy D. (Department: 3739)
Surgery
Means for introducing or removing material from body for...
Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
C606S191000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07422568
ABSTRACT:
Featured are devices, systems and methods for localized heating of a vessel as well as devices, systems and methods for MR/NMR imaging of a vessel while locally heating a portion of the vessel. More particularly featured are such devices, systems and methods for use when administering or delivering therapeutic agents including genes and/or drugs to the tissues of the vessel. Such a method includes positioning a thermal energy delivery device proximal a target site with the vessel of a body and activating the thermal energy delivery device so as to heat the target site thereby locally increasing a temperature of tissue at the target site. In further embodiments, the method includes introducing a therapeutic medium to the target site over a predetermined time period, and wherein said activating occurs at least one of before, during or after said step of introducing.
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Atalar Ergin
Yang Xiaoming
Yeung Christopher
Corless Peter F.
Daley, Jr. William J.
Edwards Angell Palmer & & Dodge LLP
Gibson Roy D.
Roane Aaron
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