Prosthesis (i.e. – artificial body members) – parts thereof – or ai – Arterial prosthesis – Drug delivery
Reexamination Certificate
2011-04-12
2011-04-12
McDermott, Corrine M (Department: 3738)
Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or ai
Arterial prosthesis
Drug delivery
C623S001430, C623S001150
Reexamination Certificate
active
07922760
ABSTRACT:
A method of delivering an agent into a bodily lumen, the method comprising: implanting an implantable medical device into a treatment site of a lumen, the device having an abluminal face and a luminal face, wherein the device includes depots that extend from an open end at a luminal face to an open end at an abluminal face; and introducing an agent into the open end of the depots at the luminal face such that the agent is delivered to the treatment site through the open end at the abluminal face.
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Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
McDermott Corrine M
Squire Sanders & Dempsey (US) LLP
Swaminathan Seema
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