Patent ID: 6450989
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: A61F,A61L,A61M,A61N

Abstract:
A removable therapy delivery device for placement into, use in and removal from a passageway of the body comprisinga catheter shaft; a radially-expandable and contractible drive element along the catheter shaft; a radially-expandable and contractible, tubular braid surrounding the drive element; and the tubular braid comprising absorbent fibers and a contact-dispensable agent absorbed into said absorbent fibers, whereby: when the drive element expands the tubular braid against body tissue, the tubular braid makes intimate contact with the body tissue to permit the agent to be dispensed into the body tissue; and when the agent has been dispensed, the drive element and tubular braid may be placed in radially-contracted state and removed from the body.