Patent ID: 9061098
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: A61L,A61M

Abstract:
1. A kit for delivering a pharmaceutical agent to a patient suffering from or at risk of vascular disease, said kit comprising: a catheter having a needle which can be advanced from a blood vessel lumen through a wall of the blood vessel to position an aperture of the needle beyond an external elastic lamina (EEL) of the wall by a distance not exceeding 5 mm; and instructions for use setting forth a method comprising: positioning the needle through the wall so that the aperture of the needle is positioned beyond the EEL by a distance not exceeding 5 mm; confirming that placement of the aperture is beyond the EEL and is in adventitial tissue surrounding the blood vessel lumen; and delivering an amount of the pharmaceutical agent from the aperture so that the agent distributes both longitudinally and radially from the injection site.