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Object |
assignee |
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentassignee/MD5_63b623ad1d186ebbd9c99b3671ba61c5 |
classificationCPCAdditional |
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentcpc/A61F2250-0067 http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentcpc/A61F2-24 |
classificationCPCInventive |
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentcpc/A61M31-002 |
classificationIPCInventive |
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentipc/A61F2-24 http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentipc/A61M31-00 |
filingDate |
2008-01-30-04:00^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date> |
inventor |
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentinventor/MD5_551aa2d8eafc49faadae23f8a760e878 http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentinventor/MD5_98a1dbd803538b06e95ab3c47bb4eb02 http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentinventor/MD5_297940f0d490b2c6b105e6891813d9a7 http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patentinventor/MD5_9d7e78581931ee304a38fab35dd554e0 |
publicationDate |
2009-11-25-04:00^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date> |
publicationNumber |
EP-2121106-A2 |
titleOfInvention |
Local delivery of therapeutic agent to heart valves |
abstract |
The present invention relates to implantable medical devices and methods that employ these medical devices to treat heart valves. In one embodiment, a medical device (502) is provided comprising a body. The body may have a portion (518) thereof including therapeutic agent (516) and can be configured to support the device proximate a heart valve. Methods in accordance with embodiments of the present invention may also include providing a medical device having a body with at least a portion thereof including a therapeutic agent. These methods may also include positioning the medical device in a location proximate to a downstream surface of the heart valve and securing the device. The therapeutic agent released may then be delivered to the heart valve. |
isCitedBy |
http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patent/US-8808364-B2 http://rdf.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubchem/patent/US-8038709-B2 |
priorityDate |
2007-01-30-04:00^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date> |
type |
http://data.epo.org/linked-data/def/patent/Publication |