Patent ID: 9649479
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: A61K,A61L,A61M

Claim:
1. A method of treating a lesion in a blood vessel of a patient comprising the steps of: providing a balloon catheter system comprising: providing a reservoir of lyophilized micelles with rapamycin encapsulated in the micelles; providing a reservoir of aqueous solution suitable for mobilizing the micelles within the micelle reservoir; mixing the aqueous solution with the micelles to wet and mobilize the micelles, such that the micelles have a particle size of 40 to 250 nm; and delivering the micelles to the lesion, through the porous wall portion of the first balloon, by injecting the micelles into the first balloon and pressurizing the first balloon to a pressure of 6 to 12 atmospheres to force the micelles through the porous wall portion of the first balloon into the blood vessel.