Implantable medical device for delivery of pharmacological agents to the deep brain structures

    公开(公告)号:US11992642B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-28

    申请号:US17085360

    申请日:2020-10-30

    申请人: Medtronic, Inc.

    发明人: Jeffrey Bodner

    IPC分类号: A61M39/02

    摘要: An intrathecal drug delivery system includes: an intrathecal drug delivery device configured to deliver a fluid containing one or more pharmaceutical agents intrathecally to the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) within a spinal canal of a patient and a deep brain catheter having an elongated body, extending from a distal end implanted within a deep brain structure of a patient and a proximal end positioned within the subarachnoid space directly adjacent to the brain to provide a passageway, via an inner lumen, between the subarachnoid space and the deep brain structure. The drug delivery system is configured to transport the pharmaceutical agent(s), using diffusion and the pulsatile flow of the CSF, through the deep brain catheter from the subarachnoid space to the deep brain structure.