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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2003
Toby Freyman, Watertown, MA (US);
Timothy J. Mickley, Elk River, MN (US);
Maria J. Palasis, Wellesley, MA (US);
Wendy Naimark, Cambridge, MA (US);
Toby Freyman, Watertown, MA (US);
Timothy J. Mickley, Elk River, MN (US);
Maria J. Palasis, Wellesley, MA (US);
Wendy Naimark, Cambridge, MA (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention generally relates to a medical device for delivering a therapeutic agent to an internal portion of a patient's body. The medical device includes a shaft and a self-expanding delivery member in operative communication with the shaft. The delivery member is shaped from a porous material that is capable of releasing a therapeutic agent to an internal portion of a patient's body. The medical device further includes a therapeutic agent delivery lumen in fluid communication with the delivery member to fluidly connect the delivery member with a therapeutic agent source. A retention member may also be provided to selectively collapse the delivery member.