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US 6,197,324 B1Granted
System and methods for local delivery of an agent
AssigneeC. R. Bard, Inc.
InventorJames F. Crittenden
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Abstract
A system and method for implanting pellets containing local anesthetic agents into tissues of the heart for temporary treatment of angina pectoris. The mechanism of delivery can be transcatheter via chambers of the heart, endoscopic epicardial approach via minimally invasive transthoracic access, or intraoperative epicardial approach during open-chest surgery.
Claims17
A method for providing local delivery of a therapeutic agent, comprising the step of
- implanting a therapeutically effective amount of a local anesthetic agent into a portion of myocardial tissue.
A method for treating angina pectoris, comprising the steps of
- identifying a portion of ischemic myocardial tissue, and
- implanting a therapeutically effective amount of a therapeutic agent into the portion of ischemic myocardial tissue,
- wherein said therapeutic agent is a local anesthetic agent.
A pellet, comprising
- a therapeutically effective amount of a therapeutic agent having a local anesthetic agent surrounding a radio-opaque material, whereby delivery of the therapeutic agent is facilitated by viewing the position of the radio-opaque material relative to a position of a targeted site for implanting the pellet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.