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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
John L. Toner, Libertyville, IL (US);
Sandra E. Burke, Libertyville, IL (US);
Keith R. Cromack, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Randolf Von Oepen, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
John L. Toner, Libertyville, IL (US);
Sandra E. Burke, Libertyville, IL (US);
Keith R. Cromack, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Randolf von Oepen, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is an interventional device for delivery of therapeutic agents from an angioplasty balloon and from a prosthesis such as an intraluminal stent. The invention also relates to the method of loading the beneficial agents onto the balloon and the device, as well as the method of delivery of the agents from separate surfaces. The invention also relates to an interventional device having a prosthesis surface that is loaded with a first beneficial agent, and a balloon surface loaded with a second beneficial agent. The invention also relates to a method of loading multiple beneficial agents onto the prosthesis surfaces and the balloon surfaces, and to a method of manufacturing an interventional device for the delivery of a first beneficial agent and a second beneficial agent from separate surfaces.