US 12,246,150 B2
Infusion balloon and methods for use thereof
Patrick W. Kelly, Sioux Falls, SD (US)
Assigned to Sanford Health, Sioux Falls, SD (US)
Filed by Sanford Health, Sioux Falls, SD (US)
Filed on May 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/311,983.
Application 18/311,983 is a continuation of application No. 16/491,861, granted, now 11,690,981, previously published as PCT/US2018/021358, filed on Mar. 7, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/468,330, filed on Mar. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0347114 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 25/10 (2013.01)
CPC A61M 25/1018 (2013.01) [A61M 2025/105 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1086 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a frame having a first end and a second end, wherein the frame includes a plurality of struts arranged between the first end and the second end of the frame;
a balloon positioned at least partially within the frame and arranged such that, in an expanded condition, the frame provides a plurality of openings that the balloon is configured to expand through and extend radially outward from the frame, thereby defining a plurality of grooves;
an occlusion balloon arranged adjacent to the first end of the frame, wherein the occlusion balloon and the balloon are configured to be in fluid communication with a balloon inflation port; and
one or more drug delivery ducts disposed between the occlusion balloon and the balloon.