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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2008
John R. Hoofnagle, Woodstock, CT (US);
Schorn Greg, Milford, MA (US);
Terri Kapur, Sharon, MA (US);
Daniel Keeley, Boston, MA (US);
John R. Hoofnagle, Woodstock, CT (US);
Schorn Greg, Milford, MA (US);
Terri Kapur, Sharon, MA (US);
Daniel Keeley, Boston, MA (US);
Codman & Shurtleff, Inc., , MA (US);
Abstract
A therapeutic agent delivery system that includes a catheter having a proximal end and an opposite distal end. The catheter has a body with a lumen defined therein. The body of the catheter includes a non-bulbous region having a substantially uniform outer diameter and a bulbous region made from an elastically deformable material. While in a first state the bulbous region has a maximum outer diameter greater than the substantially uniform outer diameter of the non-bulbous region; and while in a second state the maximum outer diameter of the bulbous region is reduced relative to that while in the first state.