Drug treatment of diseased sites deep within the body
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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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Abstract
A diseased site, such as vascular dilatation site, is treated by first locally delivering to the site an agent that is effective to localize a desired drug and then systematically administering the drug.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for treating a diseased site in a vascular lumen deep within the body of a patient, comprising:
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(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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for treating a diseased site in a vascular lumen deep within the body of a patient, comprising:
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(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) monitoring said patient for symptoms of restenosis after removing the medical device from the vascular lumen, and (h) systemically administering said drug to said patient having symptoms of restenosis.
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22. A method for treating a diseased site deep within the body, comprising:
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locally delivering to said diseased site a drug-localizing agent using a medical device capable of carrying said agent to and releasing said agent at said site in a manner that the agent is retained at the site, removing the medical device from the body, and systemically delivering drug, said drug being localized at said site by the presence of said localizing agent.
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23. A kit for delivering a drug-localizing agent to a diseased site in a vascular lumen deep within the body of a patient, comprising:
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a drug-localizing agent, in a form suitable for local administration that is retained at said site and is effective for localizing a systemically-administered drug to said site, said agent lacking said drug in a form suitable for local administration, and a medical catheter device sized and constructed for placement into said vascular lumen at said diseased site and for delivering said localizing agent locally at said site in a manner that said agent is retained at said site. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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24. A kit for treating a diseased site in a vascular lumen deep within the body of a patient, comprising:
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a drug-localizing agent in a form suitable for local administration that is retained at said site and is effective for localizing a systemically-administered drug, said agent lacking said drug in a form suitable for local administration, a drug, in a form suitable for systemic administration, that is effective to treat said diseased site and is localized at said site by prior administration of said localizing agent, and a medical catheter device sized and constructed for placement into said vascular lumen at said diseased site and for delivering said localizing agent locally at said site in a manner that said agent is retained at said site.
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