BIOLOGICAL REVASCULARIZATION
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Abstract
A catheter delivery system for delivering a treatment substance to an occlusion in a lumen of a tubular vessel includes a tubular catheter and a treatment substance. The tubular catheter includes a central lumen passing between a proximal end and a distal end adjacent to an inflatable balloon. The treatment substance is in a form that is configured to be deliverable through the central lumen of the catheter into the lumen of the tubular vessel and to solidify in the vessel.
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10 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A method of delivering a treatment substance to an occlusion, the method comprising:
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(a) providing a tubular catheter having a lumen passing between a proximal end and a distal end;
(b) providing a treatment substance comprising an angiogenesis agent or an occlusion dissolving agent for delivery through the tubular catheter to a position adjacent the occlusion;
(c) inserting the tubular catheter into a mammalian vasculature;
(d) advancing the tubular catheter through the vasculature until the distal end of the tubular catheter is adjacent to the occlusion; and
(e) injecting the treatment substance through the tubular catheter to the position adjacent the occlusion. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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