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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2006
Deborah Kilpatrick, Los Altos, CA (US);
Murthy Simhambhatla, San Jose, CA (US);
Santosh Prabhu, San Jose, CA (US);
Shawn Chin Quee, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Deborah Kilpatrick, Los Altos, CA (US);
Murthy Simhambhatla, San Jose, CA (US);
Santosh Prabhu, San Jose, CA (US);
Shawn Chin Quee, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method to treat vulnerable plaque. In one embodiment, the apparatus has a medical device to treat an occlusive plaque, and is also adapted to release a biologically active agent to treat vulnerable plaque located downstream from the occlusive plaque. In an alternative embodiment, the apparatus has an expandable tube attached to the inner surface of a stent, and a layer of endothelial cells seeded on the inner surface of the expandable tube. The expandable tube shields a vulnerable plaque from a body lumen.