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US 2010/0161038 A9Published application
Medical device for intra-lumenal delivery of pharmaceutical agents
OwnerLeo Rubininventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to intra-lumenal drug delivery devices. The device, such as a stent, is coated or impregnated with a pharmaceutical agent suitable for use in treatment of restenosis, pulmonary hypertension, and cancer. Suitable pharmaceutical agents include vasodilators and chemotherapeutics.
Claims22
A device comprising a drug delivery system for implantation in a lumen of a physiologic conduit and an amount of a pharmaceutical agent effective to treat a condition responsive to the drug proximal to the physiologic conduit and/or distal to the physiologic conduit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.