Back to results
US 2007/0184085 A1Published application
Ultrasound activated medical device
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsRajesh Radhakrishnan, Chandru Chandrasekaran
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A medical device comprising a medical device body having drug-loaded vesicles thereon. The vesicles are ultrasound sensitive and release the drug upon ultrasound stimulation. Also provided is a method for controlling drug release from a medical device using drug-loaded vesicles that are ultrasound sensitive.
Claims24
A medical device, comprising:
- (a) a medical device body;
- and
- (b) a plurality of vesicles disposed on the medical device body, wherein the plurality of vesicles contain therapeutic agents, and wherein the plurality of vesicles release the therapeutic agents when exposed to ultrasound energy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.