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Medical device for dispensing medicaments

  • US 8,257,305 B2
  • Filed: 08/26/2003
  • Issued: 09/04/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A balloon catheter medical device that releases a drug by immediate release for the selective therapy of specific diseased tissue or an organ part to which said drug will bind, comprising such a drug which is lipophilic, water-insoluble and immediately releasable, adhered to a smooth surface of the balloon of said catheter that comes into contact with the diseased tissue or organ part, which adhered drug when pressed against said tissue or organ part at least for a short time, is immediately released into said tissue or organ part, wherein the concentration of said drug on said surface is up to 5 μ

  • g/mm2.

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