Inflatable medical device with combination cutting elements and drug delivery conduits
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May 20, 2004
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Sep 26, 2003
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Mar 30, 2001
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The present invention is a balloon angioplasty device which provides a combination of cutting elements to enhance dilation of an artery together with controlled drug delivery directed towards the regions of cutting. The invention is preferably implemented using rows of hollow microneedles to serve both as the cutting elements and the drug delivery conduits. The invention also provides a corresponding method in which a drug is delivered via conduits located within cutting elements around the exterior of a balloon angioplasty device during and/or immediately subsequent to inflation of the balloon within a blood vessel.
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