Patent ID: 7749215

Claim:
A method for inducing angiogenesis or myogenesis in a heart of a patient comprising the steps of: providing a system for intracardiac drug administration comprising a catheter, said catheter having at least one position sensor which generates signals responsive to an applied field for determining the position and orientation of said catheter, said signals being used to generate position and orientation coordinates, and a drug delivery device for delivering said cell, the system also comprising control circuitry for determining position and orientation coordinates of a distal end of said catheter and for generating a viability map of said heart comprising a site suitable for targeted therapy by said catheter; generating the viability map of the heart; identifying said site suitable for targeted therapy on said viability map; inserting said catheter into a chamber of said heart at said site; delivering said cell to said site with said drug delivery device based on position and orientation coordinates in response to said signals from said position sensor, and inducing angiogenesis or myogenesis in said site of said heart from said delivered cell.