Method and apparatus for intravascular drug delivery

Details Method and apparatus for intravascular drug delivery Method and apparatus for intravascular drug delivery

1992-04-02

1994-04-26

Rosenbaum, C. Fred

Surgery

Means for introducing or removing material from body for...

Treating material introduced into or removed from body...

A61M 2900

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053062507

ABSTRACT:
A drug delivery catheter assembly, including an expandable, porous outer membrane that is insertable into a blood vessel and positioned adjacent a stenotic atherosclerotic lesion on the interior wall of the blood vessel. The membrane is expanded into contact with the lesion, either mechanically or hydraulically. After the membrane is expanded, a drug-containing liquid is caused to flow into the membrane and through the pores in the membrane into contact with the lesion.

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