摘要:
A device, system, and method for direct delivery of a therapeutic to a target site that utilizes the non-Newtonian characteristics of shear thinning and shear thickening to allow easy passage of a therapeutic through a delivery lumen yet facilitate retention of the therapeutic in the target site. The device, system, and method includes increasing the shear rate or shear stress of a non-Newtonian fluid having therapeutic properties thereby increasing or decreasing the viscosity of the non-Newtonian fluid.
摘要:
The medical device of the invention comprises a surface comprising at least one outermost portion and a plurality of depressions. The depressions occupy at least about 80% of the surface area of the surface. The depressions contain a coating material that preferably comprises a biologically active material and/or polymer, and the outermost portion is substantially free of any coating material. The invention is also directed to a method for manufacturing a medical device. The method comprises applying a coating material to the surface of the medical device by using at least one roller.
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.
摘要:
The present invention relates to implantable medical devices and methods that employ these medical devices to treat heart valves. In one embodiment, a medical device is provided comprising a body. The body may have a portion thereof including therapeutic agent and can be configured to support the device proximate a heart valve. Methods in accordance with embodiments of the present invention may also include providing a medical device having a body with at least a portion thereof including a therapeutic agent. These methods may also include positioning the medical device in a location proximate to a downstream surface of the heart valve and securing the device. The therapeutic agent released may then be delivered to the heart valve.
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:
Embodiments of the present invention regard the delivery of therapeutic. One such apparatus may comprise multiple, independently-activated, injection devices for the delivery of therapeutic or other substances. This apparatus may include a first catheter; a second catheter in the first catheter and a multiple delivery member injection device. This multiple delivery member may include an expandable member and a plurality of injection elements. A third catheter may be positioned in the second catheter. This third catheter may have a distal end connected to a wall of the expandable member and a plurality of filling tubes connected to an distal end of the third catheter. In some of the embodiments each of the injection elements may hold a pressurized therapeutic prior to release of the therapeutic.
摘要:
The present invention provides a method comprising administering cells by infusion through a blood vessel and administering a vasodilator, a vascular enhancer, or both. In accordance with one embodiment, the delivery of stem cells to the myocardium by intracoronary infusion is improved by administration of one or more vasodilators and/or vascular permeability enhancers prior to or at the time of cell therapy.
摘要:
Embodiments of the present invention regard the delivery of therapeutic. One such apparatus may comprise multiple, independently-activated, injection devices for the delivery of therapeutic or other substances. This apparatus may include a first catheter; a second catheter in the first catheter and a multiple delivery member injection device. This multiple delivery member may include an expandable member and a plurality of injection elements. A third catheter may be positioned in the second catheter. This third catheter may have a distal end connected to a wall of the expandable member and a plurality of filling tubes connected to an distal end of the third catheter. In some of the embodiments each of the injection elements may hold a pressurized therapeutic prior to release of the therapeutic.
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 invention is directed to an apparatus, such as a medical device, having a surface coated or covered with a decellularized extracellular matrix or having a component comprising the decellularized extracellular matrix for implantation into a subject, preferably a human. In one embodiment of the invention, a decellularized extracellular matrix is used to form a bodily implant such as a vein, an artery, an esophagus, or a ventricular restraining device. In some embodiments of the invention, the decellularized extracellular matrix is configured to be a time released therapeutic. In another embodiment of the invention, a decellularized extracellular matrix forms an aneurysm treatment device, such as an aneurysm coil, a seal, a pouch, or a filler. In a further embodiment of the invention, decellularized extracellular matrix is used to embolize lesions, tumors, or vessels. Methods for making the tissue regeneration scaffold and methods for manufacturing a coated or covered medical device having a component comprising decellularized extracellular matrix of body tissues are also provided.