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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Matthew F. Ogle, St. Paul, MN (US);
Peter S. Dardi, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
St. Jude Medical, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/00 ;
Abstract
Medical devices include biocomatible materials and a plurality of exogenous storage structures. The exogenous storage structures store a therapeutic agent which acts to inhibit restenosis. In some embodiments, the therapeutic agents are radioactive metal ions. In other embodiments, the medical device has an expandable structure with particles of therapeutic agent on its surface. The particles of therapeutic agent are delivered into a region susceptible to restenosis by direct application of the medical device against the adjacent wall.