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Abstract

The present invention relates generally to medical compositions, methods and devices/systems for treating vascular diseases. More particularly, the invention relates to medical methods, devices and kits for distributing drug to surrounding vascular tissue to treat neointimal growth. More specifically, the described invention is intended to overcome shortcomings of existing treatments for peripheral artery disease (PAD). Devices and methods of the present invention are specifically intended to treat patients with PAD involving the infrapopliteal (tibial) arteries, e.g., patients having a clinical indication for treatment below the knees (e.g., claudication and/or critical limb ischemia (CLI), and patients with complex disease states, for reducing one or more of morbidity; treatment complications in treated patient populations, a reduction in target lesion revascularization (TLR) rates; and a reduction in patients populations requiring any type of leg amputation.

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