Method and apparatus for treating vulnerable artherosclerotic plaque
CA 2504524 C · Owner: Parker, Theodore L. · Inventors: Litvack, Frank; Parker, Theodore L.
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Methods and apparatus for treatment of vulnerable plaque provide local delivery of one or more plaque stabilizing agents. Delivery of the plaque stabilizing agents described herein stabilize vulnerable plaques at and downstream of an implantation site can reduce the occurrence of rupture of these plaques. An expandable medical device for delivering a therapeutic agent locally to a vulnerable plaque includes an implantable medical device body configured to be implanted within a coronary artery and a therapeutic dosage , of a therapeutic agent for stabilization of vulnerable plaque. The therapeutic agent is affixed in openings in the implantable medical device body in a manner such …
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- Filed November 10, 2003 and granted October 10, 2017. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 10, 2023.
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