Patent ID: 8267989

Claim:
A method for delivering a therapeutic agent, said method comprising: providing a graft comprising: a graft body section having a proximal end, a distal end, and defining at least one inflatable porous channel; and at least one inflatable porous cuff disposed at the proximal or distal end of the graft body section and in fluid communication with the at least one channel, wherein the at least one inflatable porous cuff is disposed in an axisymmetric cylindrical manner around the proximal or distal end of the graft body section; providing an inflation medium including at least one therapeutic agent configured to be introduced into the inflatable channel; wherein the inflation medium comprises a curable liquid comprising a therapeutic agent-carrying host polymer; implanting the graft body in a body lumen; and inflating the porous channel with the inflation medium including the at least one therapeutic agent.