Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Combination x-ray radiation and drug delivery devices and methods for inhibiting hyperplasia
- Patent Title (中): 组合x射线辐射和药物递送装置和抑制增生的方法
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Application No.: US09850721Application Date: 2001-05-07
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Publication No.: US06537195B2Publication Date: 2003-03-25
- Inventor: Michael R. Forman
- Applicant: Michael R. Forman
- Main IPC: A61N500
- IPC: A61N500

Abstract:
The present invention provides improved devices, methods, and kits for inhibiting restenosis and hyperplasia after intravascular intervention. In particular, the present invention provides controlled drug delivery in combination with x-ray radiation delivery to selected locations within a patient's vasculature to reduce and/or inhibit restenosis and hyperplasia rates with increased efficacy. In one embodiment, the combination radiation and agent delivery catheter for inhibiting hyperplasia comprises a catheter body having a proximal end and distal end, an x-ray tube coupleable to the catheter body for applying a radiation dose to a body lumen, and a porous material, matrix, membrane, barrier, coating, infusion lumen, stent, graft, or reservoir for releasing an agent to the body lumen.
Public/Granted literature
- US20020165423A1 Combination x-ray radiation and drug delivery devices and methods for inhibiting hyperplasia Public/Granted day:2002-11-07
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