Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device and method for delivering micronized therapeutic agents in the body
- Patent Title (中): 在体内递送微粉治疗剂的装置和方法
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Application No.: US13022217Application Date: 2011-02-07
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Publication No.: US08235937B2Publication Date: 2012-08-07
- Inventor: Maria Palasis , Wendy Naimark , Toby Freyman , Samuel Epstein
- Applicant: Maria Palasis , Wendy Naimark , Toby Freyman , Samuel Epstein
- Applicant Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Agency: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61M31/00
- IPC: A61M31/00

Abstract:
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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110130715A1 Device and Method for Delivering Micronized Therapeutic Agents in the Body Public/Granted day:2011-06-02
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