EP 1409040 A2 20040421 - MINIMALLY INVASIVE DRUG DELIVERY CATHETER
Title (en)
MINIMALLY INVASIVE DRUG DELIVERY CATHETER
Title (de)
MINIMAL INVASIVER KATHETER FÜR DIE ABGABE VON ARZNEIMITTELN
Title (fr)
CATHETER POUR ADMINISTRATION DE MEDICAMENTS A INVASION MINIMALE
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 0221945 W 20020627
- US 30163101 P 20010627
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO03002170A2] The catheter of the invention is of a design adapted to be implanted, and fixed in place, without the use of a trocar or cannula, such that tissue damage is minimized both at the time of implantation, and later, over the period that the catheter remains implanted. In one embodiment, the catheter may be used to deliver a drug over a prolonged period of time, to a precise location, for instance to treat an inoperative tumor of the brain stem. In another embodiment, the catheter of the invention may be implanted, and maintained in place and used to deliver repeated doses of a drug to the same target over time without the necessity of repeatedly re-implanting a needle through tissue to access the target site.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/16 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A61M 25/0069 (2013.01); A61M 25/008 (2013.01); A61M 25/0054 (2013.01); A61M 25/0068 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0042 (2013.01); A61M 2210/0693 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 03002170 A2 20030109; WO 03002170 A3 20030320; AU 2002320423 A1 20030303; EP 1409040 A2 20040421; EP 1409040 A4 20090812
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 0221945 W 20020627; AU 2002320423 A 20020627; EP 02749940 A 20020627