US Patent:
20080146489, Jun 19, 2008
Inventors:
Stephen D. Pacetti - San Jose CA, US
Paul M. Consigny - San Jose CA, US
Ronald W. Heil - Roseville MN, US
Florian Niklas Ludwig - Mountain View CA, US
Dariush Davalian - San Jose CA, US
Li Zhao - Mountain View CA, US
Irina Astafieva - Palo Alto CA, US
Jinping Wan - San Jose CA, US
Katsuyuki Murase - Cupertino CA, US
Syed F.A. Hossainy - Fremont CA, US
Rachel Bright - Claremont CA, US
Jeffrey Ellis - San Francisco CA, US
International Classification:
A61F 2/06
A61K 31/27
A61K 31/44
A61K 31/56
A61K 31/66
A61K 38/02
A61P 9/00
US Classification:
514 2, 514102, 514177, 514336, 514478, 623 121
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.