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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2002
David P. Hesson, Malvern, PA (US);
Timothy J. Pelura, Malvern, PA (US);
Glen D. Frazer, Wynnewood, PA (US);
Integra LifeSciences Corporation, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Abstract
Provided is, among other things, a method of treating in an animal infection or neoplasm of cerebrospinal tissue characterized by a risk of death, the method comprising: (a) injecting a physiologically acceptable fluid for cerebrospinal perfusion into a first catheter into the cerebrospinal pathway, which fluid for cerebrospinal perfusion has an therapeutically effective amount an agent, the agent selected for effectiveness against the infection as identified or diagnosed; (b) withdrawing fluid at a second catheter into the cerebrospinal pathway to create a flow and flow pathway between the first and second catheters; and (c) maintaining the flow for a period of time adapted to perfuse at least 1 CSF volume.