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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2003
Kirk Patrick Seward, Dublin, CA (US);
Lynn Mateel Barr, Lafayette, CA (US);
Judith Carol Wilber, Oakland, CA (US);
Robert Cafferata, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Kirk Patrick Seward, Dublin, CA (US);
Lynn Mateel Barr, Lafayette, CA (US);
Judith Carol Wilber, Oakland, CA (US);
Robert Cafferata, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Mercator MedSystems, Inc., San Leandro, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and kits for delivering pharmaceutical agents to the adventitia and other regions outside the external elastic lamina (EEL) surrounding a blood vessel utilize a catheter having a needle. The needle is positioned in up to 5 mm beyond the EEL and delivers an amount of pharmaceutical agent sufficient to circumferentially permeate around the blood vessel and, in many cases, extend longitudinally and radially along the blood vessel. Confirmation that a delivery aperture of the needle lies beyond the EEL may be required before delivering the pharmaceutical agent.