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US 7,458,956 B1Granted
Apparatus for delivery of controlled doses of therapeutic drugs in endoluminal procedures
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorRonald David Adams
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Abstract
An improved method and apparatus for administering drugs during an endoluminal procedure is disclosed. An embodiment of the present invention utilizes a catheter having distal and proximal ends and a drug reservoir located within the catheter to efficiently and accurately deliver drugs during an endoluminal procedure.
Claims5
An endoluminal drug delivery device comprising:
- a catheter having a distal end for placement inside a patient's body and a proximal end for placement outside the patient's body;
- a drug reservoir located at said distal end of said catheter, the drug reservoir being fixed in the same position with respect to the distal end of the catheter during placement of the catheter inside the patient's body and during drug delivery, the drug reservoir having an interior surface, the interior surface of the drug reservoir being fluidly isolated from the proximal end of the catheter;
- a piston moveable within said drug reservoir;
- a motor having a shaft drive;
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- a connecting member having a first end and a second end
- said first end of said connecting member rotatably connected with said shaft drive of said motor and
- said second end of said connecting member rotatably connected with said piston.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.