Surgery – Radioactive substance applied to body for therapy – Radioactive substance placed within body
Patent
1994-10-27
1997-11-04
Cohen, Lee S.
Surgery
Radioactive substance applied to body for therapy
Radioactive substance placed within body
A61M 2902, A61N 500
Patent
active
056833458
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and method are described for delivery of a treating element, such as a radiation source, through a catheter to a desired site in the vascular system of a patient, such as a coronary artery, for inhibiting the formation of scar tissue such as may occur in restenosis following balloon angioplasty. The apparatus includes an elongated flexible catheter tube having proximal and distal end portions, with a lumen extending therebetween, and a diameter sufficiently small for insertion in to a patient's vascular system. One or more treating elements, such as a capsule or pellet containing radioactive material, is positionable within the lumen and movable between the proximal and distal end portions under the force of liquid flowing through the lumen. A method for using such apparatus, including a method for using such apparatus simultaneously with a balloon angioplasty procedure, is disclosed.
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Crocker Ian R.
Hillstead Richard A.
Larsen Charles E.
Meloul Raphael F.
Rosen Jonathan J.
Cohen Lee S.
Gilbert Samuel
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