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- Patent Title: Implantable devices and methods for delivering drugs and other substances to treat sinusitis and other disorders
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Application No.: US12553877Application Date: 2009-09-03
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Publication No.: US09039657B2Publication Date: 2015-05-26
- Inventor: Joshua Makower , John Y. Chang , Julia D. Vrany , Amrish Jayprakash Walke
- Applicant: Joshua Makower , John Y. Chang , Julia D. Vrany , Amrish Jayprakash Walke
- Applicant Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Assignee: Acclarent, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Acclarent, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Main IPC: A61M31/00
- IPC: A61M31/00 ; A61M5/00 ; A61M29/00 ; A61B5/06 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B17/24 ; A61M25/10 ; A61F2/82 ; A61B17/3207 ; A61B17/34 ; A61B19/00 ; A61B17/22 ; A61F2/18 ; A61M25/00

Abstract:
Implantable devices and methods for delivering drugs and other substances to locations within the body of a human or animal subject to treat or diagnose sinusitis and a variety of other disorders. The invention includes implantable substance delivery devices that comprise reservoirs and barriers that control the rate at which substances pass out of the reservoirs. The delivery devices may be advanced into the body using guidewires, catheters, ports, introducers and other access apparatus. In some embodiments the delivery devices may be loaded with one or more desired substance before their introduction into the body. In other embodiments the delivery devices are loaded and/or reloaded with a desired substance after the delivery device has been introduced into the body.
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