MEDICAL DEVICES HAVING A FILTER INSERT FOR CONTROLLED DIFFUSION

• US 20090081271A1
• Filed: 09/24/2007
• Published: 03/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed (Boston Scientific Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed (Boston Scientific Corporation)
• Inventors: O'Brien, Barry J., O'Connor, Tim, Xu, Yixin, Clarke, John
• Granted Patent: US 8,974,809 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 424/423
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/00 Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents as cosmetic articles, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. wigs, hair pieces, A41G3/00, A41G5/00; artificial nails A45D31/00; dental prostheses A61C13/00; materials for prostheses A61L27/00; artificial hearts A61M60/00; artificial kidneys A61M1/14
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/01 Filters implantable into blood vessels
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/04 Hollow or tubular parts of organs, e.g. bladders, tracheae, bronchi or bile ducts A61F2/18, A61F2/20 take precedence; devices, other than stent-grafts, providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body other than stent-grafts, e.g. stents A61F2/82; instruments specially adapted for placement or removal of stents or stent-grafts A61F2/95
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/82 Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents stent-grafts for tubular structures of the body other than blood vessels A61F2/04; stent-grafts for blood vessels A61F2/07; instruments specially adapted for placement or removal of stents or stent-grafts A61F2/95; for closing wounds, or holding wounds closed A61B17/04 - A61B17/115; dilators A61M29/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/91 made from perforated sheet material or tubes, e.g. perforated by laser cuts or etched holes
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2220/0058 soldered or brazed or welded
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2250/0068 the pharmaceutical product being in a reservoir

Abstract

An implantable or insertable medical device is provided which includes as components: (a) a substrate component comprising a depression that is at least partially filled with a therapeutic agent-containing material that comprises a first therapeutic agent, and (b) a pre-formed filter insert disposed in the depression such that it regulates transport of chemical species between the depression and the exterior of the device upon implantation or insertion of the device in vivo.

Claims

1. An implantable or insertable medical device comprising as components:

(a) a substrate component comprising a depression that is at least partially filled with a therapeutic agent-containing material that comprises a first therapeutic agent, and (b) a pre-formed filter insert disposed in the depression such that it regulates transport of chemical species between the depression and the exterior of the device upon implantation or insertion of the device in vivo.

2. The implantable or insertable medical device of claim 1 wherein the pre-formed filter insert is disposed in the depression over the therapeutic agent-containing material.

3. The implantable or insertable medical device of claim 1 wherein the pre-formed filter insert is impregnated with the therapeutic agent-containing material.

4. The implantable or insertable medical device of claim 1 further comprising a welded braze securing the filter insert in the depression.

5. The implantable or insertable medical device of claim 1 wherein the pre-formed filter insert is configured so that it is secured in the depression by an interference fit.

6. The implantable or insertable medical device of claim 1 wherein an opening into the depression has a peripheral lip that engages with the filter insert to secure the filter insert within the depression.

7. The implantable or insertable medical device of claim 1 wherein the filter insert includes an assembly having a porous base and at least one channel extending through the assembly to the porous base through which the porous base is loaded with the therapeutic agent-containing material.

8. The implantable or insertable medical device of claim 1, wherein said substrate component comprises a plurality of depressions.

9. The implantable or insertable medical device of claim 1, wherein said depression is a blind hole or a trench.

10. The implantable or insertable medical device of claim 1, wherein said medical device is adapted for implantation or insertion into the coronary vasculature, peripheral vascular system, esophagus, trachea, colon, biliary tract, urogenital system, or brain.

11. The implantable or insertable medical device of claim 1, wherein said medical device is selected from a drug delivery device, an implant, a stent, a graft, a filter, a catheter, a defibrillator, a chronic rhythm management lead and a neuromodulation device.

12. The implantable or insertable medical device of claim 1, wherein the therapeutic-agent-containing material further comprises a material in addition to said first therapeutic agent.

13. The implantable or insertable medical device of claim 12, wherein the therapeutic-agent-containing material further comprises a second therapeutic agent.

14. The implantable or insertable medical device of claim 1, wherein said therapeutic agent is selected from one or more of the group consisting of anti-thrombotic agents, anti-proliferative agents, anti-inflammatory agents, anti-restenotic agents, anti-migratory agents, agents affecting extracellular matrix production and organization, antineoplastic agents, anti-mitotic agents, anesthetic agents, anti-coagulants, vascular cell growth promoters, vascular cell growth inhibitors, cholesterol-lowering agents, vasodilating agents, TGF-β

elevating agents, and agents that interfere with endogenous vasoactive mechanisms.

15. The implantable or insertable medical device of claim 1 wherein the pre-formed filter insert includes a nanoporous region.

16. The implantable or insertable medical device of claim 1 wherein the smallest lateral dimension of the depression is less than 10,000 microns.

17. A method of making the implantable or insertable medical device of claim 1, comprising (a) at least partially filling the depression with the therapeutic agent-containing material, and (b) inserting the pre-formed filter insert into the depression over the therapeutic agent-containing material.

18. A method of malting the implantable or insertable medical device of claim 1, comprising (a) impregnating the preformed filter insert with the therapeutic agent-containing material, and (b) inserting the impregnated pre-formed filter insert into the depression.

19. The implantable or insertable medical device of claim 18 further comprising securing the preformed filter insert within the depression.

20. The implantable or insertable medical device of claim 18 wherein the pre-formed filter insert is secured within the depression using a welding technique.

21. The implantable or insertable medical device of claim 18 wherein the preformed filter insert includes a reservoir housing and further comprising loading the reservoir housing with the therapeutic agent-containing material and plugging the reservoir housing with a filter material.

22. The implantable or insertable medical device of claim 21 wherein the reservoir housing is plugged with the filter material prior to inserting the impregnated pre-formed filter insert into the depression.