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Intralumenal drug eluting prosthesis
Assignee: Medtronic Inc
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Filing: 1993-12-21
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Granted: 1996-08-13
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Expires: 2013-12-21
Abstract
Abstract A prosthesis for insertion into a lumen to limit restenosis of the lumen. The prosthesis carries restenosis-limiting drugs which elute after the device is positioned in the lumen.
Inventors
- 👤 Rodney G. Wolff
- 👤 Vincent W. Hull
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-22 22:49
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61M; A61M31/00; A61M31/002; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/82; A61F2/86; A61F2/90; A61F2/95; A61F2/958; A61L; A61L31/00; A61L31/14; A61L31/16; D; D04; D04C; D04C1/00; D04C1/02; A61F2/852; A61F2210/00; A61F2210/0076; A61F2250/00; A61F2250/0014; A61F2250/0048; A61F2250/0058; A61F2250/006; A61F2250/0063; A61F2250/0067; A61L2300/00; A61L2300/40; A61L2300/416; D10; D10B; D10B2509/00; D10B2509/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
174 words
A device for local intralumenal administration of drugs comprising: (a) a catheter having proximal and distal ends; (b) a body including a plurality of support elements forming a open-ended, radially expandable, self-supporting tubular structure having an interior surface and an exterior surface; (c) at least one flexible, polymeric filament attached to the support elements of the body, at least a portion of the filament exposed at the exterior surface of the tubular body, said body mounted on the catheter at the distal end thereof; (d) means at the proximal end of the catheter to provide sufficient radial expansion of the tubular body to bring the tubular body and polymeric filament into contact with a body lumen at an interior portion of the body lumen to be treated and for releasing the tubular body from the catheter; and (e) a drug compounded into the polymeric filament such that the drug is delivered to the body lumen when the tubular body is radially expanded into contact with the portion of the body lumen to be treated.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
174 words
A device for local intralumenal administration of drugs comprising: (a) a catheter having proximal and distal ends; (b) a body including a plurality of support elements forming a open-ended, radially expandable, self-supporting tubular structure having an interior surface and an exterior surface; (c) at least one flexible, polymeric filament attached to the support elements of the body, at least a portion of the filament exposed at the exterior surface of the tubular body, said body mounted on the catheter at the distal end thereof; (d) means at the proximal end of the catheter to provide sufficient radial expansion of the tubular body to bring the tubular body and polymeric filament into contact with a body lumen at an interior portion of the body lumen to be treated and for releasing the tubular body from the catheter; and (e) a drug compounded into the polymeric filament such that the drug is delivered to the body lumen when the tubular body is radially expanded into contact with the portion of the body lumen to be treated.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
The device of claim 1 wherein the support elements of the tubular body are arranged in a helically wound structure.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
67 words
The device of claim 2 wherein the helically wound structure includes a plurality of helical elements, each of which is wound in a helix configuration along a center line of the tubular body as a common axis, said elements wound in opposing helical directions such that the tubular body is variable in radial diameter under axial movement of opposite ends of the body relative to each other.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
The device of claim 3 wherein the helical elements are made from a bioabsorbable polymer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
The device of claim 2 wherein the support elements are made from a deformable metal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
The device of claim 1 wherein the polymeric filament is made from a bioabsorbable polymer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
38 words
The device of claim 1 also comprising a second polymeric filament having the drug compounded therein such that the drug is delivered to the body lumen more rapidly from the second polymeric filament than from the polymeric filament.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
The device of claim 1 also comprising a barrier coating of polymeric material on the drug-containing filament to limit the rate of drug elution.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
The device of claim 1 wherein the drug is selected from the group consisting of antiplatelet drugs, anticoagulant drugs, anti-inflammatory drugs, antireplicate drugs and combinations of said drugs.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
71 words
The device of claim 9 wherein the polymeric filament includes a drug selected from the group consisting of anticoagulant drugs and antiplatelet drugs and wherein the device also comprises a second polymeric filament having a drug compounded therein selected from the group consisting of antiinflammatory drugs and antireplicate drugs such that the drug in the polymeric filament is delivered to the body lumen more rapidly than from the second polymeric filament.
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