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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Ekos Corporation, Bothell, WA (US);
Inventors:
Azita Soltani, Snohomish, WA (US);
Douglas R. Hansmann, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Assignee:
EKOS CORPORATION, Bothell, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/0009 (2013.01); A61B 17/2202 (2013.01); A61N 7/022 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22021 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00023 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00648 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00797 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0039 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment of the present invention, a method of treating a vascular occlusion located at a treatment site within a patient's vasculature comprises positioning an ultrasound catheter at the treatment site. The method further comprises delivering a microbubble-therapeutic compound from the ultrasound catheter to the vascular occlusion during a first treatment phase.