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Devices for detection and therapy of atheromatous plaque

  • US 7,809,428 B2
  • Filed: 08/09/2002
  • Issued: 10/05/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for detecting and treating vulnerable plaque in a blood vessel, comprising:

  • a probe operable to be inserted in the blood vessel, said probe including;

    a detector operable to detect beta rays from a composition, wherein the composition is administered and localized to the vulnerable plaque and includes a radiolabeled molecular carrier administered and localized to the vulnerable plaque; and

    a delivery unit operable to deliver a therapeutic compound to the vulnerable plaque, said therapeutic compound stabilizing the vulnerable plaque by reducing inflammatory components in the vulnerable plaque, wherein the delivery unit comprises an external unit and a stent that is retractable into and extendible out from the external unit, and wherein said external unit contains said therapeutic compound and is configured to apply said therapeutic compound onto said stent each time said stent is retracted into said external unit.

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