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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2001
J. Christopher Flaherty, Los Altos, CA (US);
Joshua Makower, Los Altos, CA (US);
Philip C. Evard, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Patrick E. MacAulay, San Jose, CA (US);
Jason B. Whitt, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert C. Colloton, Cupertino, CA (US);
K. Angela Macfarlane, Cupertino, CA (US);
Transvascular, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for delivering a drug to a selected tissue region within a patient's body with a catheter having a deployable puncturing element, a drug delivery element and an orientation element on a distal portion thereof. The distal portion of the catheter is percutaneously introduced into a blood vessel, and directed endovascularly to a vessel location adjacent to the selected tissue region. The puncturing element is oriented towards the selected tissue region, and deployed to access the selected tissue region. A drug is delivered with the drug delivery element to the selected tissue region.