摘要:
The present invention relates to the direct delivery of therapeutic to a target tissue. In one embodiment a method for direct injection of plug forming material into a body tissue is provided. The method may comprise providing a catheter including a injection tube having a first channel, a second channel and a piercing tip. The first and second channels can be in fluid communication with a pressure source and a plug forming material. The injection tube may be slidably positioned in a pressure apron and moved from a first position to a second position so that the piercing tip extends beyond the tissue-mating surface in the second position to deliver the plug forming material.
摘要:
A medical device for: delivering a therapeutic agent to a body lumen is described. The device may generally be a stent with an inner sidewall surface and an outer sidewall surface, with a plurality of struts having a plurality of openings therein. An inner and outer layer may be applied to the stent, forming pockets within at least a portion of the openings. The pockets may be filled with at least one therapeutic agent. The pockets may take a variety of shapes and sizes, and may be designed for release or rupture in variety of ways.
摘要:
The present invention provides a catheter and catheter assembly for delivering micronized therapeutic agents to a target site in the body and, in particular, to a target site in the heart. The micronized therapeutic agents are delivered in aerosol form or dry powder form. The present invention also provides a method of delivering micronized therapeutic agents to a target site in the body by placing the therapeutic agents in a catheter, positioning the catheter in the target site, and exposing the therapeutic agents to an energizing mechanism sufficient to create supersonic flow to carry the therapeutic agents from a stationary state in the catheter to a mobile state towards the target site.
摘要:
This invention provides a high-solids therapeutic composition for coating a medical device comprising: (a) a first material which is a hydrophilic therapeutic agent; and (b) a second material which includes a hydrophobic polymer and an emulsifying surfactant, wherein the composition is in a singular stable phase. Also provided is a mold-cast medical device, said medical device comprising a cured mixture of: (a) a first material which is a hydrophilic therapeutic agent; and (b) a second material which includes a hydrophobic polymer and an emulsifying surfactant, wherein the mixture forms a high-solids device. Further provided is an injectable polymer comprising: (a) a first material which is a hydrophilic therapeutic agent; and (b) a second material which includes a hydrophobic polymer and an emulsifying surfactant, wherein the polymer is in a singular stable phase.
摘要:
Methods and apparatus for coating at least a portion of the surface of medical devices using an injection coating device are disclosed. In one embodiment, the invention includes a coating method wherein an orifice of the injection coating device is placed adjacent a vertically positioned medical device, coating material is ejected from the orifice onto the medical device, and the coating material gravitationally flows downward coating the medical device. In another embodiment, an orifice of an injection coating device is positioned adjacent a horizontally positioned medical device to gravitationally flow and deposit coating material onto the medical device. These methods may be used to apply one or more coating materials, simultaneously or in sequence. In another embodiment, multiple injection coating devices may be utilized. In certain embodiments of the invention, the coating materials include therapeutic or biologically active agents.
摘要:
The present invention provides a catheter and catheter assembly for delivering micronized therapeutic agents to a target site in the body and, in particular, to a target site in the heart. The micronized therapeutic agents are delivered in aerosol form or dry powder form. The present invention also provides a method of delivering micronized therapeutic agents to a target site in the body by placing the therapeutic agents in a catheter, positioning the catheter in the target site, and exposing the therapeutic agents to an energizing mechanism sufficient to create supersonic flow to carry the therapeutic agents from a stationary state in the catheter to a mobile state towards the target site.
摘要:
The present invention provides a catheter and catheter assembly for delivering micronized therapeutic agents to a target site in the body and, in particular, to a target site in the heart. The micronized therapeutic agents are delivered in aerosol form or dry powder form. The present invention also provides a method of delivering micronized therapeutic agents to a target site in the body by placing the therapeutic agents in a catheter, positioning the catheter in the target site, and exposing the therapeutic agents to an energizing mechanism sufficient to create supersonic flow to carry the therapeutic agents from a stationary state in the catheter to a mobile state towards the target site.
摘要:
The present invention regards the delivery of therapeutic at a target site. Systems that employ the present invention may employ a medical device sized to be inserted into a target site, a driving layer covering at least a portion of an accessible surface of the medical device, and a therapeutic interfaced with at least a portion of the driving layer. In this system, the driving layer may have a material characteristic that serves to release the therapeutic from the medical device when the medical device is at the target site. Other systems that employ the invention may also have properties that include having a driving layer with a higher solubility than the therapeutic at the target site, a medical device that is hydrophobic while the therapeutic is hydrophilic, and a coating covering at least a portion of the therapeutic.
摘要:
The present invention relates to microarray polymeric barriers designed to control the release rate of therapeutic agents. By varying the thickness of the coating or affecting, physically and/or chemically, the constituents of the barrier composition, the release profile of the underlying therapeutic agent can be modified and controlled.
摘要:
Injection devices are provided, which reduce potential outflow of therapeutic agents from an injection site. Devices are provided having at least a first lumen containing one or more therapeutic agents and a second lumen containing a second material for injection into tissue. Other devices are provided having an inner lumen with an injection needle to inject a therapeutic agent and an outer lumen that provides a vacuum seal between the injection needle and the needle track. Further provided are methods of delivering a therapeutic agent to tissue.