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US 2006/0222679 A1Published application
System and method for loading a beneficial agent into a medical device
AssigneeConor Medsystems, Inc.
InventorsJohn Shanley, Stephen Diaz, Theodore Parker
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Abstract
A system for delivery of a beneficial agent in the form of a viscous liquid or paste allows holes in a medical device to be loaded in a single step process. The loading of a beneficial agent in a paste form also provides the ability to deliver large and potentially sensitive molecules including proteins, enzymes, antibodies, antisense, ribozymes, gene/vector constructs, and cells including endothelial cells.
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A method for loading a medical device with a beneficial agent, the method comprising:
- providing a medical device with an exterior surface and a plurality of holes intersecting the exterior surface;
- delivering a beneficial agent into the plurality of holes in a paste form;
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- forming a drug delivery device with substantially no beneficial agent on the exterior surface of the medical device.
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A system for loading a medical device with a beneficial agent, the system comprising:
- a medical device with an exterior surface and a plurality of holes intersecting the exterior surface;
- a source of beneficial agent in a paste form;
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- a fixture configured to contain the medical device and deliver the beneficial agent into the plurality of holes with substantially no beneficial agent on the exterior surface of the medical device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.