Patent ID: 6695830
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A method for releasing fluid medicaments into a vessel wall of a patient at a treatment site, the method comprising the steps of:providing an expanding member defining an axis and having a plurality of dispensers mounted on said expanding member for movement therewith, said dispensers having one or more side openings being positioned in a plane oriented substantially perpendicular to said axis; advancing said expanding member through the vessel to the site; moving said expanding member between a first configuration wherein said dispensers are positioned substantially adjacent said axis of said expanding member, and a second configuration wherein said dispensers are radially extended from said axis for penetrating into the vessel wall; and providing a fluid medicament and releasing said fluid medicament through said side openings of said dispensers into the vessel wall for a substantially circumferential dispersion of said fluid medicament into said vessel wall.