US5547472A
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Catheter with medicament injection pores
Assignee: Terumo Corp
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Filing: 1995-01-19
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Granted: 1996-08-20
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Expires: 2015-01-19
Abstract
Abstract A catheter or balloon catheter includes a tube or balloon which is provided with a plurality of pores. A stimulus-responsive polymer is attached to the pores so that fluid transmission through the pores is controllable by a stimulus such as a change of pH, composition, and temperature. The catheter can administer a necessary limited amount of medicament to a locally limited site of a blood vessel only when necessary.
Inventors
- 👤 Makoto Onishi
- 👤 Kenji Ishikawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 17:12
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61M; A61M25/00; A61M25/10; A61M25/104; A61M2025/1043; A61M2025/105; A61M2025/1086
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
86 words
A catheter including a tube having a tube wall, said tube comprising a first polymer and having a plurality of pores extending through said tube wall, said pores having associated therewith a second polymer which is different from the first polymer and which undergoes a structural change upon contact with a fluid introduced into the tube that has a physical or a chemical property that induces said structural change of said second polymer to thereby enable a selective transmission of the fluid through said tube wall.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
86 words
A catheter including a tube having a tube wall, said tube comprising a first polymer and having a plurality of pores extending through said tube wall, said pores having associated therewith a second polymer which is different from the first polymer and which undergoes a structural change upon contact with a fluid introduced into the tube that has a physical or a chemical property that induces said structural change of said second polymer to thereby enable a selective transmission of the fluid through said tube wall.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
A catheter according to claim 1, wherein said physical or chemical property of the fluid that induces said structural change of said second polymer is at least one member selected from pH, ion concentration, composition of the fluid, and temperature.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A catheter according to claim 1, wherein said second polymer is selected from a polymethacrylic acid, a diethylacrylamide-acrylamide copolymer, polyisopropylacrylamide, polyisopropylmethacrylamide, and polybuthyl methacrylate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
81 words
A balloon catheter including a balloon, said balloon comprising a first polymer and having a plurality of pores extending through said balloon, said pores having associated therewith a second polymer which is different from the first polymer and which undergoes a structural change upon contact with a fluid introduced into the balloon that has a physical or a chemical property that induces said structural change of said second polymer to thereby enable a selective transmission of the fluid through said balloon.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
81 words
A balloon catheter including a balloon, said balloon comprising a first polymer and having a plurality of pores extending through said balloon, said pores having associated therewith a second polymer which is different from the first polymer and which undergoes a structural change upon contact with a fluid introduced into the balloon that has a physical or a chemical property that induces said structural change of said second polymer to thereby enable a selective transmission of the fluid through said balloon.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
40 words
A catheter according to claim 4, wherein said physical or chemical property of the fluid that induces said structural change of said second polymer is at least one member selected from pH, ion concentration, composition of the fluid, and temperature.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
A balloon catheter according to claim 4, wherein said second polymer is selected from a polymethacrylic acid, a diethylacrylamide-acrylamide copolymer, polyisopropylacrylamide, polyisopropylmethacrylamide, and polybuthyl methacrylate.
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