Drug delivery system
CA 2098984 C · Owner: Boston Scientific Corporation · Inventors: Sahatjian, Ronald
Overview
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The invention features a catheter (1) and methods for delivering drug to tissue at a desired location of the wall of a body lumen (2). The catheter (1) is constructed for insertion in a body lumen (2) and has a catheter shaft (3) and an expandable portion (4) mounted on the catheter shaft (3). The expandable portion (4) is expandable to a controlled pressure to fill the cross-section of the body lumen (2) and press against the wall (9) of the body lumen (2). In one embodiment, at least a portion of the exterior surface of the expandable portion (4) is defined by a coating (6) of a tenaciously adhered swellable hydrogel polymer. Incorporated in the hydrogel polymer is an aqueous …
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- Filed December 27, 1991 and granted March 5, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 27, 2011.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by December 27, 2013.
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