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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2011
Maria Palasis, Wellesley, MA (US);
Wendy Naimark, Boston, MA (US);
Toby Freyman, Waltham, MA (US);
Samuel Epstein, Marlborough, MA (US);
Maria Palasis, Wellesley, MA (US);
Wendy Naimark, Boston, MA (US);
Toby Freyman, Waltham, MA (US);
Samuel Epstein, Marlborough, MA (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a catheter and catheter assembly for delivering micronized therapeutic agents to a target site in the body and, in particular, to a target site in the heart. The micronized therapeutic agents are delivered in aerosol form or dry powder form. The present invention also provides a method of delivering micronized therapeutic agents to a target site in the body by placing the therapeutic agents in a catheter, positioning the catheter in the target site, and exposing the therapeutic agents to an energizing mechanism sufficient to create supersonic flow to carry the therapeutic agents from a stationary state in the catheter to a mobile state towards the target site.