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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2012
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Stephen D. Pacetti, San Jose, CA (US);
Paul M. Consigny, San Jose, CA (US);
Ronald W. Heil, Jr., Roseville, MN (US);
Florian Niklas Ludwig, Lucerne, CH;
Dariush Davalian, San Jose, CA (US);
Li Zhao, Mountain View, CA (US);
Irina Astafieva, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jinping Wan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Fozan El-Nounou, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Katsuyuki Murase, Cupertino, CA (US);
Syed F. A. Hossainy, Hayward, CA (US);
Rachel Bright, Claremont, CA (US);
Jeffrey Ellis, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to the regional delivery of therapeutic agents for the treatment of vascular diseases wherein regional delivery refers to delivery of a therapeutically effective amount of the therapeutic agent to an area of the vessel that includes not only afflicted tissue but non-afflicted tissue at the periphery of the afflicted tissue as well.