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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2009
Donald Verlee, Libertyville, IL (US);
Peter Tarcha, Lake Villa, IL (US);
Keith Cromack, Gurnee, IL (US);
Richard Quint, Gurnee, IL (US);
Donald Verlee, Libertyville, IL (US);
Peter Tarcha, Lake Villa, IL (US);
Keith Cromack, Gurnee, IL (US);
Richard Quint, Gurnee, IL (US);
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Abstract
An interventional device for delivery of beneficial agent to a lumen and methods of loading and manufacture of the same, which include a prosthesis loaded with beneficial agent to provide a controlled dosage concentration of beneficial agent to the lumen. The beneficial agent is loaded onto the prosthesis by a fluid-dispenser having a dispensing element capable of dispensing the beneficial agent in discrete droplets, each droplet having a controlled trajectory. The method of loading beneficial agent includes dispensing beneficial agent in a raster format and/or an off-axis format along a dispensing path.