Coated medical devices for the prevention and treatment of vascular disease
AssigneesCordis Corporation, Wyeth
InventorRobert Falotico
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Abstract
A drug and drug delivery system may be utilized in the treatment of vascular disease. A local delivery system is coated with rapamycin or other suitable drug, agent or compound and delivered intraluminally for the treatment and prevention of neointimal hyperplasia following percutaneous transluminal coronary angiography. The local delivery of the drugs or agents provides for increased effectiveness and lower systemic toxicity.
Claims21
A method for the prevention of target lesion restenosis comprising the controlled delivery, by a profiled release from an intraluminal medical device, of one or more compounds in therapeutic dosage amounts.
A drug delivery device comprising:
- an intraluminal medical device;
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- a therapeutic dosage of one or more compounds releasably affixed, in a predetermined profile, to the intraluminal medical device for the treatment of target lesion restenosis.
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