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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2006
Applicants:
Eitan Konstantino, Orinda, CA (US);
Michal Konstantino, Orinda, CA (US);
Inventors:
Eitan Konstantino, Orinda, CA (US);
Michal Konstantino, Orinda, CA (US);
Assignee:
THE SPECTRANETICS CORPORATION, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); A61F 2/86 (2013.01); A61L 29/16 (2006.01); A61M 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/104 (2013.01); A61B 17/22032 (2013.01); A61B 17/320725 (2013.01); A61F 2/86 (2013.01); A61L 29/16 (2013.01); A61M 5/00 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00893 (2013.01); A61F 2/958 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0076 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0091 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0067 (2013.01); A61L 2300/00 (2013.01); A61M 2025/105 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1086 (2013.01);
Abstract
Angioplasty and other dilatation devices are provided with scoring elements which incorporate a drug to be delivered to a body lumen, typically a blood vessel. The scoring elements have drugs and other active substances coated over a portion thereof or incorporated within internal structure of the element so that the drug is released into the luminal wall closely associated diseased regions of the body lumen as the scoring structure is radially expanded into the wall.