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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2008
Liliana Atanasoska, Edina, MN (US);
Aiden Flanagan, Galway, IE;
Timothy O'connor, Galway, IE;
David Mcmorrow, Galway City, IE;
Robert Nolan, Galway, IE;
Anthony Malone, Galway, IE;
Jan Weber, Limburg, NL;
Liliana Atanasoska, Edina, MN (US);
Aiden Flanagan, Galway, IE;
Timothy O'Connor, Galway, IE;
David McMorrow, Galway City, IE;
Robert Nolan, Galway, IE;
Anthony Malone, Galway, IE;
Jan Weber, Limburg, NL;
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to methods, processes, and systems for delivering therapeutic agent to a medical device. Under some methods, processes, and systems of the invention, particles including a magnetic material and a therapeutic agent may be directed towards a medical device via magnetic attraction. In another embodiment particles including a magnetic material may force a therapeutic agent/solvent solution into porous matrix by using a magnetic attraction. In still another embodiment, a medical device having at least a portion thereof including a magnetic material is used to attract and adhere particles comprising magnetic material and therapeutic agent to a target surface of the medical device, wherein the particles are fused to the target surface.