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AssigneeArtemis Medical, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Richard Dubrul, Richard E. Fulton
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A dilating and support apparatus with disease inhibitors and methods for use is disclosed that is particularly useful for repairing and/or serving as a conduit for body passageways that require reinforcement, dilatation, disease prevention or the like. Such apparatuses are utilized to deliver a therapy, that therapy being from a family of devices, drugs, or any of a variety of other elements to a specific location within the body. The instant disclosure provides a system of combining a novel radial deployment and/or drug delivery therapy with existing balloon dilatation therapy into one device. This combination will yield a significant decrease in cost to the healthcare system as well as providing a therapy to the patient with increased safety and efficacy. Further, the instant invention provides a novel and improved platform for synthetic/tissue interface between the device and the body.
A therapy delivering device for use in a passageway of the body comprising:
A device for use in a passageway of the body comprised of tubular mesh braid element,
A device for use in the lumens of the body to inhibit re-stenosis comprising a material which will absorb a drug or other substance for transport to the site of deposition.
A device used at the body exit site of indwelling catheters comprising an tubular braid element used to secure the catheter at the exit site of the body.
A method whereby a therapy delivering device is used in a passageway of the body to inhibit or treat disease,
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.