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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2004
James F. Mcbride, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Stevin H. Gehrke, Manhattan, KS (US);
John P. Fisher, Houston, TX (US);
James F. McBride, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Stevin H. Gehrke, Manhattan, KS (US);
John P. Fisher, Houston, TX (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A system for delivering solute to a target location within a mammalian body, the system including a medical device, a thermosensitive cellulose gel structure over the medical device, and a biologically active solute within said gel structure. The gel structure deswells and expels the biologically active solute with an increase in gel temperature. The invention includes a method of delivering solute to a target location, where the method includes the steps of providing a thermosensitive cellulose gel structure, wherein the gel structure is loaded with a solute; positioning the loaded gel structure to the target location; and increasing the temperature of the loaded gel structure.