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US 2003/0068355 A1Published application
Therapeutic agent delivery device with protective separating layer
AssigneeConor Medsystems, Inc.
InventorsJohn F. Shanley, Theodore L. Parker
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Abstract
The present invention relates to implantable medical devices for delivery of therapeutic agents, such as drugs, to a patient. More particularly, the invention relates to a device having therapeutic agents protected by a protective layer that prevents or retards processes that deactivate or degrade the active agents.
Claims54
An implantable medical device comprising:
- an implantable device body having a plurality of holes therein;
- a therapeutic agent contained within the plurality of holes in the device body;
- and
- a protective layer of material provided in the plurality of holes and arranged to protect the therapeutic agent from compounds or conditions in the body which would degrade the agent.
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A method for delivering a drug to a patient which method comprises placement within the patient's artery or vein of an implantable medical device comprising:
- an implantable device body having a plurality of holes therein;
- a therapeutic agent contained within the plurality of holes in the device body;
- and
- a protective layer of material provided in the plurality of holes and arranged to protect the therapeutic agent from compounds or conditions in the body which would degrade the agent.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.