| US 7,572,245 B2 | ||
| Application of a therapeutic substance to a tissue location using an expandable medical device | ||
| Steve A. Herweck, Nashua, N.H. (US); Paul Martakos, Pelham, N.H. (US); Geoffrey Moodie, Hudson, N.H. (US); Roger Labrecque, Londonderry, N.H. (US); Theodore Karwoski, Hudson, N.H. (US); and Trevor Carlton, Hudson, N.H. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Atrium Medical Corporation, Hudson, N.H. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 15, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/942,764. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/503359, filed on Sep. 15, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0106206 A1, May 19, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61M 31/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 604—103.02 | 12 Claims |
| 1. A method of treating a targeted tissue location, comprising:
applying the therapeutic coating to a medical device;
positioning the medical device proximal to a targeted tissue location within a patient; and
atraumatically smearing the therapeutic coating against the targeted tissue location, thus transferring at least a portion
of the therapeutic coating to adhere through a lipophilic absorptive action to the targeted tissue location, the coating remaining
at the targeted tissue location, permeating the targeted tissue location, and reducing an inflammatory reaction by the targeted
tissue location.
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