LOCAL DELIVERY OF WATER-SOLUBLE OR WATER-INSOLUBLE THERAPEUTIC AGENTS TO THE SURFACE OF BODY LUMENS

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14032336

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A method and device for local delivery of water-soluble or water-insoluble therapeutic agents to the tissue of a normal or diseased body lumen is disclosed. An expandable structure of a medical disposable device, such as a balloon of a balloon catheter, is coated with a non-durable coating which is complexed with iodine and has a substantially water-insoluble therapeutic agent dispersed therein. The medical disposable device is inserted into a body lumen, and expanded to contact the non-durable coating against the body lumen and deliver the substantially water-insoluble therapeutic agent to the body lumen tissue.

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THE SPECTRANETICS CORPORATION9965 FEDERAL DRIVE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 80921-3617

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Lerner, Daniel J Scarsdale, US 10 337
Michal, Eugene T San Francisco, US 79 3388
Pollman, Matthew J San Francisco, US 21 573

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