Invention Grant
US09050442B2 Expandable fluoropolymer device for delivery of therapeutic agents and method of making
有权
用于递送治疗剂的可扩展含氟聚合物装置和制备方法
- Patent Title: Expandable fluoropolymer device for delivery of therapeutic agents and method of making
- Patent Title (中): 用于递送治疗剂的可扩展含氟聚合物装置和制备方法
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Application No.: US12820938Application Date: 2010-06-22
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Publication No.: US09050442B2Publication Date: 2015-06-09
- Inventor: Steve A. Herweck , Peter H. Gingras , Paul Martakos , Theodore Karwoski
- Applicant: Steve A. Herweck , Peter H. Gingras , Paul Martakos , Theodore Karwoski
- Applicant Address: US NH Merrimack
- Assignee: Atrium Medical Corporation
- Current Assignee: Atrium Medical Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NH Merrimack
- Main IPC: A61M31/00
- IPC: A61M31/00 ; A61M25/10 ; A61L29/04 ; B29C55/24 ; A61M25/00 ; B29C47/00 ; B29C49/46 ; B29K27/18 ; B29L22/02 ; B29L31/00

Abstract:
A method of making a radially expandable fluid delivery device includes providing a tube of biocompatible fluoropolymer material with a predetermined porosity based on an extrusion and expansion forming process, applying a radial expansion force to the tube expanding the tube to a predetermined diameter dimension, and removing the radial expansion force. The tube is radially inelastic while sufficiently pliable to be collapsible and inflatable from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration upon introduction of an inflation force, such that the expanded configuration occurs upon inflation to the predetermined diameter dimension. The fluid delivery device is constructed of a microporous, biocompatible fluoropolymer material having a microstructure that can provide a controlled, uniform, low-velocity fluid distribution through the walls of the fluid delivery device to effectively deliver fluid to the treatment site without damaging tissue proximate the walls of the device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110118703A1 EXPANDABLE FLUOROPOLYMER DEVICE FOR DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS AND METHOD OF MAKING Public/Granted day:2011-05-19
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