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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:
Jun. 29, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Barry F. Uretsky, Galveston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1135 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1135 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is method for reducing myocardial cell damage during and/or after percutaneous coronary intervention in a subject's coronary artery. The method includes instilling a beta blocker directly into the subject's coronary artery prior to percutaneous coronary intervention. A kit for carrying out percutaneous coronary intervention is also disclosed. The kit includes a catheter and a beta blocker.