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Murthy Simhambhatla0
Deborah Kilpatrick0
Evgenia Mandrusov0
Syed Hossainy0
Date of Patent
March 7, 2006
0Patent Application Number
102621510
Date Filed
September 30, 2002
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Patent abstract
An apparatus and method to treat vulnerable plaque. In one embodiment, the apparatus has an elongated catheter body adapted for insertion in a body lumen, with a drug delivery device attached near a distal portion of the elongated body. The drug delivery device is configured to deliver a biologically active agent to stabilize a vulnerable plaque.
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