Injection of therapeutic into porous regions of a medical device
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsDave McMorrow, Tim O'Connor, Aiden Flanagan, Anthony Malone
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to methods, processes, and systems for selectively driving therapeutic into at least a portion of a porous matrix of a medical implant. Under methods and processes of the invention, a medical implant may be provided having at least a portion thereof comprising a porous matrix. An injector in fluid communication with a fluid source deliver therapeutic within the porous matrix. The porous matrix may be configured to control the elution rate.
Claims14
A method of injecting therapeutic into pores of a medical device, the method comprising:
- providing a medical device sized to be inserted into a patient, the medical device having at least a portion thereof comprising a porous region, the porous region having a plurality of pores sized with a mean pore size of 10−3 meters or smaller;
- providing an injector containing a therapeutic and having an exit orifice;
- positioning the exit nozzle to be in fluid communication with the medical device;
- and
- ejecting therapeutic from the exit orifice of the injector and into a plurality of the pores in the porous region of the medical device,
- wherein the therapeutic is ejected at pressures greater than about 100 bar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.