Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080249461 | SEQUENTIALLY INFLATABLE BALLOONS FOR DELIVERY OF TREATMENT AGENTS - An apparatus including a cannula having a dimension suitable for insertion into a blood vessel and an expandable body coupled thereto, the expandable body comprising a first expandable member and a second expandable member to isolate a length of the vessel upon expansion within the blood vessel. The expandable body having an intermediate expandable member along a working length between the first expandable member and the second expandable. A method including introducing a cannula and an expandable body coupled thereto into a blood vessel at a point coextensive with a treatment site and expanding a first expandable member and a second expandable member of the expandable body to isolate a length of the vessel adjacent the treatment site. The method further including delivering a treatment agent to a vessel region between the first expandable member and the second expandable member while inflating and deflating an intermediate expandable member. | 10-09-2008 |
20090047318 | NANOPARTICLE-COATED MEDICAL DEVICES AND FORMULATIONS FOR TREATING VASCULAR DISEASE - Nanoparticle-coated medical devices, nanoparticle-containing formulations and methods of using for treating a vascular disease are disclosed. | 02-19-2009 |
20090081293 | SUSTAINED RELEASE OF APO A-I MIMETIC PEPTIDES AND METHODS OF TREATMENT - A method including advancing a delivery device through a lumen of a blood vessel to a particular region in the blood vessel; and introducing a composition including a sustained-release carrier and an apolipoprotein A-I (apo A-I) synthetic mimetic peptide into a wall of the blood vessel at the particular region or a perivascular site, wherein the peptide has a property that renders the peptide effective in reverse cholesterol transport. A composition including an apolipoprotein A-I (apo A-I) synthetic peptide, or combination of an apo A-I synthetic mimetic peptide and an Acyl CoA cholesterol: acyltransferase (ACAT) inhibitor in a form suitable for delivery into a blood vessel, the peptide including an amino acid sequence in an order reverse to an order of various apo A-I mimetic peptides, or endogenous apo A-I analogs, or a chimera of helix 1 and helix 9 of endogenous apo A-I. | 03-26-2009 |
20090081298 | SUSTAINED RELEASE OF APO A-I MIMETIC PEPTIDES AND METHODS OF TREATMENT - A method including advancing a delivery device through a lumen of a blood vessel to a particular region in the blood vessel; and introducing a composition including a sustained-release carrier and an apolipoprotein A-I (apo A-I) synthetic mimetic peptide into a wall of the blood vessel at the particular region or a perivascular site, wherein the peptide has a property that renders the peptide effective in reverse cholesterol transport. A composition including an apolipoprotein A-I (apo A-I) synthetic peptide, or combination of an apo A-I synthetic mimetic peptide and an Acyl CoA cholesterol: acyltransferase (ACAT) inhibitor in a form suitable for delivery into a blood vessel, the peptide including an amino acid sequence in an order reverse to an order of various apo A-I mimetic peptides, or endogenous apo A-I analogs, or a chimera of helix 1 and helix 9 of endogenous apo A-I. | 03-26-2009 |
20090081299 | SUSTAINED RELEASE OF APO A-I MIMETIC PEPTIDES AND METHODS OF TREATMENT - A method including advancing a delivery device through a lumen of a blood vessel to a particular region in the blood vessel; and introducing a composition including a sustained-release carrier and an apolipoprotein A-I (apo A-I) synthetic mimetic peptide into a wall of the blood vessel at the particular region or a perivascular site, wherein the peptide has a property that renders the peptide effective in reverse cholesterol transport. A composition including an apolipoprotein A-I (apo A-I) synthetic peptide, or combination of an apo A-I synthetic mimetic peptide and an Acyl CoA cholesterol: acyltransferase (ACAT) inhibitor in a form suitable for delivery into a blood vessel, the peptide including an amino acid sequence in an order reverse to an order of various apo A-I mimetic peptides, or endogenous apo A-I analogs, or a chimera of helix 1 and helix 9 of endogenous apo A-I. | 03-26-2009 |
20100104506 | Nanoparticle-Coated Medical Devices And Formulations For Treating Vascular Disease - Nanoparticle-coated medical devices, nanoparticle-containing formulations and methods of using for treating a vascular disease are disclosed. The medical device includes a coating that comprises a plurality of nanoparticles, wherein the nanoparticles comprise one or more bioactive agents encapsulated within, adhered to a surface of or integrated into the structure of the nanoparticles and further comprise one or more contrast enhancing agents encapsulated within, adhered to a surface of or integrated into the structure of the nanoparticles. | 04-29-2010 |
20110262530 | SUSTAINED RELEASE OF APO A-I MIMETIC PEPTIDES AND METHODS OF TREATMENT - A method including advancing a delivery device through a lumen of a blood vessel to a particular region in the blood vessel; and introducing a composition including a sustained-release carrier and an apolipoprotein A-I (Apo A-I) synthetic mimetic peptide into a wall of the blood vessel at the particular region, wherein the peptide has a property that renders the peptide effective in reverse cholesterol transport. A composition including an apolipoprotein A-I (Apo A-I) synthetic peptide, or combination of an Apo A-I synthetic mimetic peptide and an Acyl CoA cholesterol: acyltransferase (ACAT) inhibitor in a form suitable for delivery into a blood vessel, the peptide including an amino acid sequence in an order reverse to an order of various Apo A-I mimetic peptides, or endogenous Apo A-I analogs, or a chimera of helix 1 and helix 9 of endogenous Apo A-I. | 10-27-2011 |
20110263497 | APO A-I MIMETIC PEPTIDES AND METHODS OF TREATMENT - A method including advancing a delivery device through a lumen of a blood vessel to a particular region in the blood vessel; and introducing a synthetic apolipoprotein A-1 (Apo A-I) mimetic peptide into a wall of the blood vessel at the particular region, wherein the peptide has a property that renders the peptide effective in reverse cholesterol transport. A composition including a synthetic apolipoprotein A-I (Apo A-I) mimetic peptide, or combination of an Apo A-I synthetic peptide and an Acyl CoA cholesterol: acyltransferase (ACAT) inhibitor in a form suitable for delivery into a blood vessel, the peptide including an amino acid sequence in an order reverse to an order of an endogenous Apo A-I related peptide. A composition including an apolipoprotein A-1 (Apo A-I) synthetic peptide in a form suitable for delivery into a blood vessel, the peptide including an amino acid backbone that has less amino acid residues relative to endogenous Apo A-I and a chimera of helix 1 and helix 9 of Apo A-I. | 10-27-2011 |
20130129814 | Regional Delivery Of Therapeutic Agents For The Treatment Of Vascular Diseases - The present invention relates to the regional delivery of therapeutic agents for the treatment of vascular diseases wherein regional delivery refers to delivery of a therapeutically effective amount of the therapeutic agent to an area of the vessel that includes not only afflicted tissue but non-afflicted tissue at the periphery of the afflicted tissue as well. | 05-23-2013 |
20130156850 | APO A-I MIMETIC PEPTIDES AND METHODS OF TREATMENT - A method including advancing a delivery device through a lumen of a blood vessel to a particular region in the blood vessel; and introducing a synthetic apolipoprotein A-1 (Apo A-I) mimetic peptide into a wall of the blood vessel at the particular region, wherein the peptide has a property that renders the peptide effective in reverse cholesterol transport. A composition including a synthetic apolipoprotein A-I (Apo A-I) mimetic peptide, or combination of an Apo A-I synthetic peptide and an Acyl CoA cholesterol: acyltransferase (ACAT) inhibitor in a form suitable for delivery into a blood vessel, the peptide including an amino acid sequence in an order reverse to an order of an endogenous Apo A-I related peptide. A composition including an apolipoprotein A-1 (Apo A-I) synthetic peptide in a form suitable for delivery into a blood vessel, the peptide including an amino acid backbone that has less amino acid residues relative to endogenous Apo A-I and a chimera of helix 1 and helix 9 of Apo A-I. | 06-20-2013 |
20140343536 | SEQUENTIALLY INFLATABLE BALLOONS FOR DELIVERY OF TREATMENT AGENTS - An apparatus including a cannula having a dimension suitable for insertion into a blood vessel and an expandable body coupled thereto, the expandable body comprising a first expandable member and a second expandable member to isolate a length of the vessel upon expansion within the blood vessel. The expandable body having an intermediate expandable member along a working length between the first expandable member and the second expandable. A method including introducing a cannula and an expandable body coupled thereto into a blood vessel at a point coextensive with a treatment site and expanding a first expandable member and a second expandable member of the expandable body to isolate a length of the vessel adjacent the treatment site. The method further including delivering a treatment agent to a vessel region between the first expandable member and the second expandable member while inflating and deflating an intermediate expandable member. | 11-20-2014 |
20150045877 | REGIONAL DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DISEASES - The present invention relates to the regional delivery of therapeutic agents for the treatment of vascular diseases wherein regional delivery refers to delivery of a therapeutically effective amount of the therapeutic agent to an area of the vessel that includes not only afflicted tissue but non-afflicted tissue at the periphery of the afflicted tissue as well. | 02-12-2015 |