Method and apparatus for drug delivery to a target site

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9579494
APP PUB NO 20140276367A1
SERIAL NO

14209804

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An ultrasound catheter with a lumen for fluid delivery and fluid evacuation, and an ultrasound source is used for the treatment of intracerebral or intraventricular hemorrhages. After the catheter is inserted into a blood clot, a lytic drug can be delivered to the blood clot via the lumen while applying ultrasonic energy to the treatment site. As the blood clot is dissolved, the liquefied blood clot can be removed by evacuation through the lumen.

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BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED INCONE SCIMED PLACE MAPLE GROVE MN 55311-1566

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Genstler, Curtis Snohomish, US 26 1164
Hansmann, Douglas R Bainbridge Island, US 29 1690
Kersten, Jocelyn Kirkland, US 3 42
Wolniewicz,, III Raymond M Redmond, US 8 92

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