Patent ID: 7011654
Filing Date: 2006-03-14
Classification: A61F,A61L,A61M,A61N

Abstract:
1. A method for dispensing an agent into body tissue defining a passageway of a body for treatment of cardiovascular disease comprising: positioning a porous tubular braid having individual yarns, comprising a contact-dispensable agent in contact with all of the individual yarns, at a target site within the passageway of the body the porous tubular braid defining an open interior; expanding the tubular braid against the body tissue by a separate radially-expandable element within the open interior or the tubular braid causing the tubular braid to make intimate contact with the body tissue; dispensing the agent from the tubular braid into the body tissue; contracting the radially-expandable element and the tubular braid from the body, and removing the radially-expandable element and the tubular braid from the body.