<p>The present invention generally relates to a medical device for delivering a therapeutic agent to an internal portion of a patient's body. The medical device includes a shaft and a self-expanding delivery member in operative communication with the shaft. The delivery member is shaped from a porous material that is capable of releasing a therapeutic agent to an internal portion of a patient's body. The medical device further includes a therapeutic agent delivery lumen in fluid communication with the delivery member to fluidly connect the delivery member with a therapeutic agent source. A retention member may also be provided to selectively collapse the delivery member.</p>
申请公布号
WO2005018730(A1)
申请公布日期
2005.03.03
申请号
WO2004US26878
申请日期
2004.08.18
申请人
SCIMED LIFE SYSTEMS, INC.;FREYMAN, TOBY;MICKLEY, TIMOTHY, J.;PALASIS, MARIA;NAIMARK, WENDY