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Systems and methods for treatment of coronary artery disease

  • US 20030036773A1
  • Filed: 08/02/2002
  • Published: 02/20/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for treating coronary artery disease, comprising:

  • providing a stimulator that generates a pulse in accordance with prescribed parameters;

    providing a catheter connected to the stimulator, which catheter includes a discharge portion;

    implanting the catheter discharge portion near at least one cardiac tissue to be stimulated;

    implanting the stimulator at a location remote from the at least one tissue to be stimulated;

    tunneling the catheter subcutaneously to the stimulator location; and

    delivering via the stimulator and catheter infusion pulses of at least one drug as at least one treatment for coronary artery disease to the at least one cardiac tissue, which tissue comprises at least one of a coronary artery, a branch of a coronary artery, a coronary vein, a branch of a coronary vein, the aorta, the left ventricle, the right ventricle, the left atrium, the right atrium, a pulmonary vein, the coronary sinus, the inferior vena cava, the superior vena cava, the sino-atrial (SA) node, and the atrioventricular (AV) node.

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