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Drug treatment of diseased sites deep within the body

  • US 5,588,962 A
  • Filed: 03/29/1994
  • Issued: 12/31/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for treating a diseased site in a vascular lumen deep within the body of a patient, comprising:

  • (a) providing a drug-localizing agent for a drug that is effective to treat said diseased site,(b) providing a medical device capable of being placed into said vascular lumen at said diseased site and capable of delivering said localizing agent locally at said site,(c) preparing said medical device for delivering said agent at said site,(d) placing said medical device at said site,(e) locally delivering said agent to said site in a manner that said agent is retained at said site,(f) removing said medical device from said vascular lumen,(g) providing said drug effective to treat said diseased site in a form suitable for systemic administration, and(h) systematically administering said drug so that said drug is transported through the body of said patient and localized at said diseased site by the presence of said drug-localizing agent retained at said site.

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