CA2182201A1

CA2182201A1 - A device for local drug delivery and methods for using the same

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Publication number: CA2182201A1
Application number: CA002182201A
Authority: CA
Inventors: Stephen R. Hanson; Neal A. Scott; Spencer B. King, Iii; Laurence A. Harker
Original assignee: Emory University
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1994-01-28
Filing date: 1995-01-27
Publication date: 1995-08-03
Also published as: WO1995020416A1; US5709874A; ATE296660T1; AU682582B2; AU1868395A; DE69534245T2; EP0754072A4; ES2243934T3; JPH10500028A; DE69534245D1; EP0754072A1; DK0754072T3; PT754072E; EP0754072B1; US5523092A

Abstract

A device (10) for the local delivery of a substance into a natural tissue conduit in the mammalian body. The device (10) has a substance delivery segment (22) which provides a means for locally delivering a substance into the boundary layer of fluid flowing through the natural tissue conduit without disrupting the fluid flow therethrough. For example, an indwelling catheter is provided for endovascular delivery of a substance locally to a targeted treatment area. Also provided are methods of locally delivering a substance into a natural tissue conduit in the mammalian body utilizing the device of the present invention.

Description

~ WO 9512û416 ~ ~L a 2 2 01 PCTIUS95101080 A DEVICE FOI~ LOC~L DRUG DELIVERY
AND METHO~DS FO~ USING THE SAME
This invention was made with ~u.. support under Grant 5 Number HL 31469 awarded by the National Institutes of Health. The Gu.~ has certain rights in the invention.
CROSS REF~3RE~OE TO RF~.~TFll APPLICATION
This ~ .. is a in part of now pending U. S.
Serial No. 08/046,622 filed on April 14, 1993, the contents of which are ulyulaL~,~ herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INV~TION
This invention rl:lates to a device for the local delivery of a substance into a natural tissu~ conduit to a y-c~1~ t~' .. r d site, e.g., a blood vessel, and to methods of therapy utilizing the device. In particular, the invention relates to local deli~very of a drug into the boundary layer of fluid 20 flowing through a natural tissue conduit, thereby reducing the amount of drug needed to achieve a 11. '.'~ at a y~ lr . i~ ~d site, such as, e.g., an ~ r - ~ site.
R~C~TR~UND OF TE~E rr~vENTloN
One of the mos~ complex and difficult problems that has plagued the medical yl, ' and pl.~ 1 industry for decades is the prûblem of achieving a ~ l i- - of a drug locally at a target site within the body without producing u~lwanted systemic side effects.
30 Parenteral or oral therapy of ,~ ., directed at treating disease in a particular intemal organ must often be given in amounts ~ y - 1~ .l upon WO 95120-~16 . PCT/US95101080 ~18~

achieving critical systemic blood levels that can produce d~ "~Li~lLIg side effects at other areas in the body. A prime example of a situation where local therapy is needcd with drugs that also produce unwanted systemic side effects is the ~ LiUL~ of c~ following the p~ of a S ~,al - ,dD~.ular prosthetic device such as a prosthctic vascular graft, patch, or stent used to rcpair a damaged vessel.
Graft failure is often acc~)ristrd with the inherent ILLuLu~Og~ y of the blood ~nnts~ti~ surface of the prosthetic device and 10 with the bodrs own repair L__ ' which can leâd to ~LU L-~DD;~ stenotic occlusion due to n~nintimsl fibrosis and Lyl~L~l&~d. Systemic therapy aimed at ~JIC~LIIillb ~ l;n" and ILL~ ' Iocally at the graft site is often by bleeding at other sites. Likewise, systemic treatment with growth mediators or ~ u'; agents can produce a h~ laDLi~ or 15 L~r~Ju~l~ sL;c response in tissue not crerifir~lly targeted Similarly, a l . ~ - of v~c~ tnrC can produce systemic L~.ul~
There have been many attempts to render the vascular brafts LL.~ ;, less LL~ og. -:r, e.g., by coating the luminal surface of the graft 20 with non-LLu..,bng ~ polymers (U.S. Patent No. 4,687,482), cells (U.S.
Patent No. 5,037,378) or with ~ ~ ' drugs in a polymer coating (PCI
ir~hnn WO 91/12279). Although these attempts have improved the success ~ d with graft l~ with clotting, IL-ul--hu~ and restenosis, especially that seen due to ~-u?l,~;,l and smooth ,''5 muscle ~". .I;f~ r~ , still abound.
Iikewise, there have been many attempts to effectuate local drug delivery via c,.du",~.,ular means. Fc. - ~,~"_1....,:..~1 coronary ~r.~ y (PrCA) balloon dilation catheters have beeD designed with 30 coatinbs of drubs on the external surface of thc balloon (e.g., U.S. Patent Nos. 5,102,402 and 5,199,951). Other PTCA catheters contain ~c r...~,;.,..

wo gs/204~6 ~18 ~ 2 01 PCT~Sg5/0108~
in the wall of the PTCA balloon for infusion of drugs such as the Wolinsky catheter or the balloon within a balloon design seen in U.S. Patent No.
5,049,132. These catheters, however, often disrupt blood flow and rcduce distal tissue perfusion. Other cathetcrs such as ~he Stack perfusion catheter 5 and the catheter embodied rn U.S. Patcnt No. 5,181,971 were dcsigned to facilitate drug delivery withoul: disrupting distal tissue perfusion. These devices, however, are limited in their clinical ~)~ ' are bulky, and cannot be anchored in the vessel proximal to the targeted treatraent area or utilized in non-vascular ,.
Therefore, there exists a need in the art for a means and a mcthod of providing local thcrapy which can sustain high local e~
of l~ ; drugs at a ~,c~1, t - - d site, e.g., a site of vessel repair, without ~-udu~ g lmwanted systemic side effects. There especially exists a 15 need to provide minimal c-- -I ~ of IL~ r _ -~ agents directly to the boundary layer of blood flow llear the vessel wall just proximal to a targeted treatment area which greatly reduces the amount of drug needed to achieve a IL~a~)-u~ result.
There also exists a need to provide effective local therapy for treatment of caDcer aDd other diseases in r~any areas of the body such that the ~ 1.. 11. .. 1,,~ can bc localized to targeted tissues, thereby ~ 6 unwaDted systemic side effect~ from systemic P''

2~ SUI 'lU~RY OF THE rNVENTlON
The present iDventioD satisfies the need to provide localized therapy to targeted tissues by providing a means to locally deliver a substance into any natural tissue conduit of the ~ m~ m body and thereby provide 30 localized therapy to targeted tissues. Alternate, ~~ ' of the invention can be utilized to provide local drug deli~ery to a ~ rd WO 95/20~16 PCT/US95/01080 2 1 8 ~ A
site in any conduit, including but not limited to, lymphatic vessels, bile ducts, ureters, the intestinal tract, and the ~ lu-y tree. For example, a L~ al cell carcinoma of the bladder can be c~- U~ treated with agents by insertion of the device of the present invention 5 into a ureter and a l -'~ -- c the ~ v~ drug. S~ delivered into the boundary layer of fluid flowing through the tissue conduit (near the vessel wall) greatly reduce the amount of the substance needed to achieve a result at the target treatment area In one r.. l.g.l---.. .1, the drug delivery device is a low profile, 'lin~ irlfusion catheter cn~rnc~d of a specially designed substance delivery segment for delivery of a substar~ce to a ~ ~ ' site within a natural tissue conduit in the -I;qn body. The substance delivery segment allows for direct delivery of a 5uhF~qnr~, e.&, a drug, to the 15 boundary layer of fluid flowing through the conduit without disruptirlg normal fluid flo~v through the conduit.
Also provided are methods for locally delivering a substance to a ~.c l 1 . ;l ~d site within a natural tissue conduit. For example, thrombus 20 formation can be prevented at a coronary ~ r' ':5~ site by delivering small amounts of an ~ l directly to the PTCA site utilizing the methods of and devices of the invention.
The present invention also provides a device for local delivery 25 of a drug to a graft site cr~rnc~d of a vascular graft with a porous portion and a reservoir for the drug attached to the e%ernal surface of the graft and overlying the porous portion such that the interior of the reservoir is in fluidc . -. . ~ .. with the luminal, blood f~ow c~ surface of the vascular graft via the porous portion wherein a drug placed in the reservoir is 30 delivered to the luminal surface of the graft. The present invention also provides a vascular patch c u~u~,t~,~ in like fashion. One . _L ' of WO 95/20116 ~ 1 ~3 2 Z O 1 PcrluS9~/01080 the prcsent invention, provid~-s a tubing attached to and in . nn with the reservoir such that tlle reservoir can be refilled v~ith drug or the drug changed as ~ ]Iecds change. Another c~bodi~ of the invention further comprises a pump cnnn~ct~d to the tubing to deliver drug 5 to the reservoir and to maint.lin a desired prc.,sure within the reservoir. The present invention also provides methods for treating or ~ Li~E" including but not limited to, ~~ ,, ' thrombus fn~hnn fibrosis and restenosis ~cc ~r;ot~d with vascular prosthetic devices.

WO 95120416 ' ~ ' ' PCTlUS9~i/01080 BRIEF DESCRIPIION OF THE FIGURES OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a ~ L~, view of the first embodu~ent of the present invention showing the local drug delivery device as a catheter.
FIG 2 is a l-n,, ' I crnQ~ .liul.&l view of thc first ,~ showing a guidewire inserted in the luinen of the catheter.
FIG. 3 is a cro.,s s_~Lù.lal view of the catheter take~ along lines 10 3-3 in FIG 2.
EIG 4 shows a ~ ccL.~ vievv of the first ~ ' ~ ' deployed at a stenotic lesion in arl artery with the substance delivery segment in the third position.
FIG. S shows a ~ ,cii~, view of the first ~- 1,9,l "I
deployed at a ~ site pro~nal to a stenotic lesion in an artery with the substance delivery seglnent in the third position.
FIG 6 is a Cr~QQ sc~,Luu~l view ûf the first r~ l o~ taken along lines 6-6 in ~IG 4 showing one possiblc location of the substance delivery holes.
~IG 7 is a cr~ _.,Lo~.al view of the first l,o-l; - -1 taken 25 along lines 7-7 in FIG. 5 depicting a second possible location of the substance delivery holes.
EIG 8 is a cross-sectional view of the first ~ I.o.l;......
depicting a third possible location of the substance delivery holes.

WO 9S/20416 ~ 1 8 2 2 ~ 1 P. llu~.,5(;1080 EIG. 9 is a l(. ~~ l cross-sectional view of the second embodiment of the present invention showing the local drug delivery device as a catheter having a guidcwire inserted in the first Iwnen of the catheter.
FIG. 10 is a cr~ s~.,Liu~al view of the second ~ - I-o-~
taken along lines 10-10 in EIG 9 showing one possible c~ rc,. ~ of the first and second lumens.
~IG. 11 is a crc~ 5~.LiuL~àl view of the second r l~o~
10 depicting a second possible ~....r,"..,.,;.... of thc first and sccond lumcns.
FIG 12 is a cross s~,LO~àl vicw of thc sccond e_L - -taken along a~ u~a~ thc samc position as lincs 10-10 in Fig. 9 depicting a third possiblc c~ r~6. ~ of thc first and sccond lur~ens.
FIG L3 is a ~ view of the third - ' - - of the present invention.
FIG 14 is a cross s~.~,Liu~ view of the fourth ~_L - of 20 the present invention.
FIG 15 is a gra]~h showing thrombus inhibition on a DACRON~ graft by ~ 1 ....-_1.,.l;.... of PPACK in a baboon ~ vivo shwnt modcl via cu~ lium31 systerlic ill~a~- _ and local infusion routes after 25 30 r~inutes of blood exposure.
FIG. 16 is a graph showing inhibition of platelet d~ on a DACRONa9 graft by local infusion of PPACK in a baboon t:r vivo shunt model over 30 minutes post b~lood exposwre using the deviccs dcscribed 30 hcrcin.

WO95/20~16 'i ;~ ~. r~ oso DETA~ED DESCRIPrION OF THE IL~IJSTRATIVE EMBODIMENTS
Thc present invention may be .. .1. ~luod more readily by reference to the following detailed ~Ir c- ~I-Li~ ~ of specific ~ ho~ and 5 the FY~mples and Figurcs included therein.
As used in the claims, "a" can mean one or more.
The prescnt invention provides a device for the local delivery of 10 a substance at a yL~d~ - d site in a natural tissue conduit in the m~mm~ n body. The phrasc 'batural tissue conduit" as used herein means any area of the ~m~ n body vvhich functions to transport ~ , and includes, but is not limited to, e.g., blood vessels of the ~ ' . ' system (arteries and veins), vessels of the Iymphatic system, the intestinal ~act 15 (~ ,' stomach, the small and large intestines, and colon), the portal-caval system of the liver, the gall bladder and bile duct, the urinaIy system (ureters, bladder and urethra), the .~Jila~ul.r system (trachea, broDchi, and b.~ ), and ducts and ductules co. - ~ L endocrine organs to other areas of the body. The devices of the present invention can be used in any 20 mammal or in any animal in which natural tissue conduits are found.
The devices described herein can also be referred to hly as "~.LL~,L~ ~D" and are designed for in~ min~l (e.g., e~uvaD~ ) use in the natural tissue conduits of the ~mn~ n body 25 described above.
As used herein, the phrase "~ d site" can mean any site within, or accessible by the natural tissue conduit. The ~ .. d site can be the site where the substance delivery segment of the device is 30 deployed (pr. l;....~d) within the conduit and ca~ include diseased as well as healthy sections of the conduit. The ~ - d site can be proximal WO 9ri/20416 ~ 1 8 2 2 0 1 ~ n80 . .
(upstream) of a diseased segment of the natural tissue conduit. In particular, the ~ i d site can be a site selected for dcplvy~ l of thc substance de~ivery segmcnt which allov s treatment of a target treatment area or organ distal (~ h. ~) of the d,~l~ site which is accessible for therapy via S a fluid flowing through the c~ndui~
Depending upon the context i~ which used, the phrase ''IJlC~1' I' . ;,.~d site" can also refer to the locatio~ withirl the lumen of the conduit (relative to the crl ~ sc~ al &ameter thereof) at which a substance 10 is delivered into the lumen of the conduit. For example, the l" ~ ' . - d site can be the boundary lay~:r of a fluid flowing through the conduit. As used herein, the 'l~uu~ld~ yer" typically comprises an aDnular ring at the fluid-conduit interface which occupies only about 5% of the conduit cross-sectional area.
The phrase "target treatrLent area" is meant to includc any area intended to receive a beneficial or ll...,.l.~..l.r effect of a substance a~ lr ~ ~d by the devices described ~erein. For example, the target treatment area can be a stenotic lesion in a blood vessel, a d v~ c 20 thrombus, a PICA site, a lo~ alized tumor or the like.
Referring now l~o the ~IGS. 1-8, the first ._' ' of the device 10 comprises an elongated ilcxible tube 12 of a 1~ l, d length and diameter. Thc length and the diameter of the tube 12 will vary, of course 25 d~ ~c ~ .L upon the size of the condui~ and thc distance between the point of entry therein and the 1~ d site wherc tlle device 10 is to be deployed. For example, a typical length for a catheter designed for illll~cal~l;rc d~ lu,~c~ll via Ihc femoral artery in a human adult can be between about 80 and 200 cm long with an inside tube diameter of between 30 about 1.0 and 4.5 mm, whereas a catheter desi~ned for usc in the proximal WO 95/20416 ~ r~ PCT~3595/01080 urethra of an adult male would be between about 5 and 40 cm long and about .1 and 3.0 mm in diameter.
In the device 10 shown in FIGS. 12, the tube 12 has a body 5 portion 11, an internal surface 13, an external surface 14, a proximal end 16,and an opposite distal end 18. A lumen 20 extends l.~.~l.,.l- .-lly through the tube 12 ill~c~ Cll~& the proximal and distal ends 16,18. The proximal end 16 defines an opening 17 and the distal end 18 defines an opening 19 into the lumen 20 of the tube 12. The tube 12 has a substance delivery 10 segment 22 adjacent the distal end 18 which defines a plurality of substance delivery holes 24 through the external surface 14 of the tube 12 which are in fluid; with the lumen 20 of the tube 12.
A svhs~nr~, e.g., a fluid 25 ~ a drug, can be infused 15 through the substance delivery holes 24 by ' thc substance into the lumen 20 of the tube 12 for delivery into the natural tissue conduit via an ludu~,lllg means 35 located adjacent the proximal end 16 of the tube 12.
The substance ~ u~Jv: ~; means 35 shown in ~IGS. 1-2 comprises an infusion port 36 which is in fluid c with the lumen 20 of the 20 tube 12 adjacent the proximal end 16 thereof. In the e_L~ ' shovvn in FIG. 2, the lumen 38 of the infusion port 36 is integraL~y formed with the lumen 20 of the tube 12 in a branched Cù~i~;ulaLiuu. The external surface 14 of the tube 12 is ~"";;L~'U''` with the external surface 40 of the infusion port 36 and the internal surface 13 of the tube 12 is c~...l.,,, ~v- with the 25 internal surface 39 of the infusion port 36. The lumen 38 of the infusion port 36 opens into a conicaL~y shaped female Ic~acl~ 42. The female receptacle 42 is designed to lc~uvatl~ receive therein a c~ .y shaped male plug 44 having a central lumen (not shown) which aligns coaxially with the lumen 38 of the infusion port 3C forming a fluid tight 30 junction. The central lumen of the male plug 44 is in fluid ~ n viith a remote fluid source (not shown) via a tube 46, the lumen (not shown) ~ WO 95/20116 2 ~ 8 2 ~ O ~ PCTNS9s/01080 of which is coaxially aligned with the central lumen of the male plug 44 and lumen 38 of infusion port 36.
As shown in EIG. 2, a fluid 25 c l e a desired C~ st~nre e.g., a drug, can be illhuuu~,.,d into the lumen 20 of the tube 12 by e the female ~ 42 of the infusion port 36 to the ly male plug 42 of a remote fluid source and irlfusing the fluid 25 into the lumen 20 by pumping, injccting, or utilizing gravity flow.
Therefore, the substance ~ L fluid 25 can pass through the iuh(Jdu~
10 means 35, through the lulnen 20, through the substance dclivery holes 24 to a ~Cd~ Ir .1~ d site within a natural tissue conduit l(not shown).
As the sl~lled ar$isan can a~lc. h~lc, the fluid 25 can be lhuJ~,c.~ into the device 10 by any of a number of other possible means.
15 AlL~ -L ~ , for example, th~ fluid 25 can be h.hod~d directly into thc opcrling 17 defined by the pra3~mal end 16 of the tube 12. Iil~ewise, the infusion port 36 can have any of a number of possible c-~ for ~,~""r~ ... of the remote substance source includil~g, but not limited to, luer locL~ c- - 1Ill1~, snaplock ~ , injection sites, and valved ~
20 The substance deliYery holes :24 can also be e O.l~ U cd in any of a variety of shapes. In tbe ~ I,o~ sbown in FIGS. 1-2, the substance delivery holes 24 are round, however, thcy can also be c.JI.G6~cd as slit openings through the external surface 14 of the tube 12 which no~mally remain closed unless fluid 25 is being infused LL~.,cLL,~,u~. The substance delivery holes 24 can 25 also be w~, uc~ as ~;;CIAI~ openings.
As shoY.~n in EIGS. 1-5, the substancc dehvery seglnent 22 is moveable among at least three positions but is normally at rest in a first or rest position which has a first shape (as shown in ~IG 1). The first shape of 30 the substance deliverY segmellt 22 comprises a plurality of spiral turns about WO 95/20.~1C ~ PCT/US95/01080 ~82201 , ~ 12 thc l~ A1 axis of the devicc 10 such that thc substance delivery segment 22 forms a hollow coil.
In order for the substance delivery segment 22 to easily hraverse 5 the lumen 49 of a nahlral tissue conduit 50 (such as a blood vessel) and reach the ~l~r3~ rd delivery site, the substance delivery segment 22 caD
be madc to assume a second position wherein it has a second shapc which is sllhet~nh~lly Iinear (as shown in FIG. 2). A moving mca~s 26 must be applied to the substance delivery segment 22 to cause uw.~ L thereof 10 from the first to the second position. By ~ "~ y linear", is meant that the substance delively segment 22 can assumc the linear c r~ ;-,.. of the fle7~ble guidewire 28 (or stylettc shown in FIG. 14) which is inscrtcd into the lumen 20 of the hube 12. Because the substance delivery segment 22 tends to rehurn to the first position, it exerts a force upon the guidewire 28, such that15 the uncoiled substance delivery segment 22 takes on a wavy ~ when p..~ d over the guidewire 28. The guidcwire 28 must be flexible yct of sufficient stiffness to maintain the substance delivery segment 22 in the second position.
In the e l-ho-l: l shown in EIG 2, the substanu delivery segment 22 is . ~ d in the second position by the moving means 26 which comprises a g udewire 28 having a distal tip 30 which has been inserted into the opening 17 in the proximal end 16 of the tube 12, througb the lumen 20, and through the opening 19 of the distal end 18. The guidewire 28 has a 25 first portion 32 which l into an upwardly directed second portion 34 which, in turn, t~ s into the distal tip 30. The resulting angled afflhude of the guidewire tip 30 relative to the 1....~l l; .-1 a~is of the hube 12 caD be used to direct the device 10 during r~ of the substance delivery segment 22 at the l~L~,d~ t~ .. ~d site, e.g., into a branch or l.;r.. ~ _t;r.. of an 30 artery or vein.

WO 95/20416 ~ ~ 8 2 2 01 PCT/U595/01080 Referring now to ~GS. 4-5, the substance delivery segment 22 tends to return to the first, rest (memory) position when the moving mearls 26 is no longcr applied thereto. Upon d~,lJlUJ~ .~I within a conduit, thc substance delivery segment 22 will tvpically move to a third or operative 5 position which is; ~ , the first and second positions as is shown in FIGS. 4-5. The third shape of the substancc delivery segmcnt 22 is s~lhct~nti~lly similar to thc hollow coiled c ~ of the first shape (shown in ~IG. 1). In thc third position, thc diameter of thc hollow coil can be the samc or slightly less than thc diameter of the hollow coil when the 10 substance delivery segment 22 is in the first position. Moreover, thc substance de~ivery holes 24 arc aligncd in the ~irtually thc samc ~
in the first and third positiolls. As statcd, thc substance dclivcry scgmcnt 22 assumes the third position when the moving means 26 is no longer applied thereto, such that the substance delivery segment 22 is capable of exer~ing a 1~ force against the luminal su~ face 48 of thc natural tissuc conduit 50, the force being sufficient to anchor thc substance delivery segment 22 at thc . d site within the lumen 49 of the natural tissuc conduit 50. The forcc exerted against the luminal surface 48 is ~.,;.,.-LI~ grcat enough to hold the substancc dclivcry scgmcnt 22 in a stationary position within thc 20 lumen 50 aftcr ~;LLL~ ~1 of thc gmdewire 28, however the forcc is ~ot so great as to damagc thc luminal surface 48 of thc conduit 50.
Rcferring to PIG 2, the proxdmal end 16 and distal end 18 of thc tube 12 define opcnings 17, 19 into thc lumen 20 of the tube 12. In the 25 e,.lbo.li..l...L shown in FIG. 2, the opcnings 17,19 defined by the proximal and distal ends 16,18 of th~ tube 12 are moveable between a closed position (not shown) which forms a Eluid tight seal of the internal surface 13 at each end 16,18 and an open position which allows a guidcwirc 28 to pass through the openings 17,19. The blDdy portion 11 of the tube 12 for~ns a thickcned 30 annulus 37 at thc distal cnd 18. Whcn the guidewirc 28 is partially ~;LLL~ .. from the substarlce dclivery segma~t 22 as is shown in FIGS. 4 5, WO 95/20416 ` r~ CIO80 ~ ~.;14 -tbe opening 19 defined by the distàl end 18 at the tbickened annulus 37 assumes the normally closed position and forms a fluid tight seal of the internal surfaces 13 which overlie the annulus 37 so that a fluid 25 infused through the device 10 will be delivered into the boundary layer of fluid 5 flowing through the lumen 49 of the natural tissue conduit S0 (ie., the layer of f~uid flow adjaeent the luminal surfaee 48 of the eonduit S0). The body portion 11 of the tube 12 is also thickened at the proximal end 16 to form a neck 23 whieh also remains in a normally elosed position when the guidewire is not inserted LL.,.cLLv~gL thereby forming a fluid tight seal of internal 10 surfaee 13 which overlies the neek 23. AlLG~l~aLi~ the openings 17,19 defined by the proximal and distal ends 16,18 ean be designed to remain in an open c . -r~ or either one of the openings 17,19 ean move between open and closed positions as described above.
In the ~ I o~ shown in EIG 2, proximal opening 17 of tbe tube 12 is funnel or eonieally shaped to allow for easy insertion of the gLudewire 28 into the lumen 20. The body portion 11 of the tube 12 flares into a conical shape proximal to the neck 23 thereby i~., c~ g the diameter of the internal surfaee 13 at the proximal end 16.
Referring now to EIGS. 6 8, the substanee delivery holes 22 can be pn~ d on the substanee delivery segment 22 at any of a number of Lcd loeations on the hollow eoil formed by the substanee delivery segment 22 when it is in the third or deployed position within the lumen 49 25 of the natural tissue eonduit 50. The ~J-c~clc.,L~,d loeation can be at any of a nur~ber of possible c~...r;6u ,.1...~ on the substance delivery segment 22. For example, the substance delivery holes 24a (shown in ~IG. C) can be p~ d so as to be ju~hpvscd to the luminal surface 48 of the conduit ~0 such that a fluid 25 delivered LL~,.eLLuugh directly eontaets the luminal 30 surface 48 of the tissue conduit 50 so that the fluid 25 is delivered direetly into the wall of the conduit 50. For example, the devices deseribed herein WO 95/20416 ~ 2i 2 ~ U i P~ 080 can be utilized to locally dehver drugs directly into the lesion in an artery created by PTCA. Alternatively, the ~c~elcck~ location of the substance delivery holes 24b (shown in EIG. 7) can be such that the holes 24b are adjacent to thc luminal surfacc- 48 of thc conduit 50 such that a fluid 25 S delivered Lh~ luugll is delivered into thc lumen 49 of thc natural tissue conduit 50 adjacent the luminal surface 48 thereof. The ~ location of the substancc delivery holes 24c (shown in EIG. 8) can alsû bc such that tbe holes are opposite a por~ion of the external surface 14 of the substance delivery segment 22 which contacts the luminal surface 48 of the conduit 50 10 so that a fluid 25 dehvered Ih...~ is delivered into the lumen 49 of the natural tissue conduit 50. In each of the ~ described in EIGS. 7-8, the delivery of a fluid 25 through the substancc delivery holes 24b-c places the substance into the boundar~ layer of fluid flow through the natural tissue conduit 50.
~ IGS. 9-12 depict a second I-o l - l of the invention which can also be utilized for the local delivery of a substance to a ~
site within a natural tissue coDIduit within the l;~n body. The dcvicc 110 is similar to the device shown in FIGS. 1-8 cxccpt that it further 20 comprises two separate lumen~ 120,121 within the tube 112, a first lumen 120 for the passage of a guide~vire 128 Ih~..elLuugh, and a second lumen 121 for substance delivery. In particular, the devicc 110 comprises an elongated flexible tube 112 of a ~ lc. i~,~ length and diameter. As ~ stated, the ~ lc. ~-,d length and diameter of the devices described herein ca~ vary 25 d~ upon a variety of f~ctors. The tube 112 has an external surface 114, a proximal end 116, an o]~posite distal end 11~, and a first lumen 120 extending Inn~ lin~l~y IL~ ,LI--uugL ~~ the proximal and distal ends 116, 118.
Thc tubc 112 has a substancc delivery segmcnt 122 adjacent thc distal end 118 which defines a plurality of substance delivery holes 124 WO 9512O.116 ~18 2 2 ~ ~ PCT/1~595101080 through the extcrnal surface 114 of the tube 112. An infusioD port 136 is located adjacent the proximal end 116 of the tube 112. A second lumen 121 is located within the body of the tube 112 which hlh.- u~ CL~ the infusion port 136 v~ith the substance delivery holes 124. A layer of tubing material 5 115 having first and second surfaces 152,154 separatcs the first and second lumens 120,121 alûng the 1~ "l: -l axis of the tube 112. The second lumen 121 is defined laterally by the internal surface 113 of the tube 112 and medially by the second surface 154 of the tubing material 115.
The second lumen 121 does not extend the entire length of the tube 112, rather it ( . . -l~ s distally at a point 127 where surfaces 113 and 154 meet and proximally at a second point 129 where surfaces 113 and 154 meet. The proximal and distal ends llC, 118 of the tubc 112 are integrally fûrmed and ,~ ~, with the body portion 111 of the tube 112 and the 15 internal tubing material 115 thereby forming a fluid tight seal of the proximal and distal ends of the second lumen 121 at points 127 and 129. The second lumen 121, however, is in fluid c with the substance delivery holes 124 and the infusion port 136 such that a ~'~7''~nr~, e.g., a fluid 125 C~ A .. .e a drug, can be delivered through the infusion port 136, the second 20 lumen 121, and the substancc delivery holes 124 to a ~ J~ site in a natural tissue conduit (not shown).
~ IG. 10 is a cross ~ .,LiuJIal view of the I u l;. ~ ..l shown in FIG. 9 taken along lines 1~10 in ~IG. 9. Thc tubing material 11~ has a first 25 surface 152 which defines the first lumen 120 along the l-n~ - I axis of the tube 112. The second surface 154 of the tubing material 115 defines the medial luminal surface of the second lumen 121 and the internal surface 113 of the tube 112 defines the lateral luminal surfacc of the second lumen 121.
The guidewire 128 is shûwn v~ithin the first lumen 120 of the tube 112. One 30 can a~ the many other possible ~ .. r~ of the of thc first lumen 120 relative to the second lumen 121. FIGS. 11-12, for example, show WO 95/20416 ~ 1 8 2 2 0 ~ PCT/US95/01080 cross 3~.,Lio- s of two other po~sible cnnfi~-rafi~mc In ~IG. 11, the internal tubing material 1~S bifurcates the tube ~12 such that the first and second surfaces 152,154 of the tubing material 115 form medial surfaces for the first and second lumens 120~121 ~o~c~,Li~ . The internal surface 113 of the S tube forms the lateral surfaces of the fir3t and second lumens 120,121. The internal tubing material 115 alld the extcrnal portion of the tube 112 arc integrally formed into a single ~ , unit. The guidewire 128 is shown within the first lumen 120. A~L~,~L aLi~ the first lumen 121 can be eC~n~ir~lly placed as shown in FIG 12.
Referring again f.o FIG 9, the pro~mal and distal ends 116,118 further define openings 117,119 ~ the first lumen 120. The body portion 111 of the tube 112 forms a thickened annulus 137 at the distal end 118.
The body portion 111 of the tube 112 af~ the proximal end 11C is also 15 thickened to form a neck 123. As described for FIG. 2, the openin6s 117, 119 are moveable between a closed positior~ (not shown) which forms a fluid tight seal of the first surface lS2 of the first lumen 120 at each end 116,118 and an open position which alllows a guidewire 12~ to pass through the openings 117,119. When the guidewire 128 is partially ~;LL~La~l~ from the 20 substance delivery segment 12,2, the opening 119 defined by the distal end 118 forms a fluid tight seal thl:reof. AlLc~L aLi~ the openings 117,119 defined by the proximal and distal ends 116,118 ca~ be designed to remain in an open . ~ or e;ther one of the openings 117,119 can move between open and closed posiitions.
In the ~ o~ shown in E~G. 9, the proximal opening 117 at the proximal end 116 of th~ tube 112 is funnel or conically shaped to allow for easy insertion of the guid,wire 128 into the lu~nen 120. The body porfion 111 of the tube 112 ffares into a conical shape proximal to the neck 123, 30 thereby iLl~LCaOiL-6 the diameter of the first surface 152 of the first lumen 120 at the proximal end 116.

WO 9~/20~16 ~18 2 2 a 1 i ~ PCTIIJS95/01080 As was described for thc first emhoflirn~nt the substance delivery segment 122 is moveable among at least three positions: a first or rcsting position whe~ein it has a first shape (similar to the emho~lim~-nt shown in PIG l); a second position wherein it has a second shapc (as shown 5 in EIG 2); and a third or operative position operative position wherein it hasa third shape (similar to thc ~ I o l: --- l shown in ~IGS. 4-5). Thc third position is I- r ~ r the first and second positions.
In the l o~: - .l shov~n in FiG 9, thc substancc delivery 10 segmcnt 122 movcs among thc first, second and third positions in thc samc manner as thc substance delivery segmcnt shown in ~IGS. 1, 2, 4 and 5 and C~ crrih~l Howcver, the substance delivery segment 122 is d in the second position by a moving means 126 v~_ich comprises a guidewire 128 having a distal tip L30 which has been inscrtcd into the 15 opening 117 at the proximal end 116 of thc tubc 112, through the first lumen 120, and out of thc opening 119 at thc distal cnd 118 thcrcof. Thc guidewire 128 has a first portion 132 which t ~ into an upwardly directed second portion 134 which, in turn, lr-~ in thc distal tip 130. The resulting angled attitudc of thc guidewirc tip L30 rclativc to thc 1~ l axis of 20 thc tube 112 can be used to direct the device 110 during p~ of the substance delivery segment 122 at thc l,-.d~ tl . '.~ d site, e.g., into a branch of a bronchus, such as into a ~'t A fluid 125, e.g., . 3 a substance such as a drug, can be 25 infused through the substance delivery holcs 124 by uhù.lu.,;ug the substanceinto the lumen 120 of the tube 112 for delivery into the natural tissue conduit via an il.hu.lu.,~ means 135 located adjacent the proximal end 116 of the tube 112. The substance iuhudu~o means 135 shown in EIG. 9 comprises an infusion port 136 which is in fluid .-u -- ^~:-- - v~ith thc second lumen 30 121 of thc tubc 112 adjacent thc proximal cnd 116 thcrcof. Thc lumen 138 of the substance iuhudu~ ~ means 135 is intcgrally formcd with the second WO 95120 ~16 ~ ~ 8 2 2 0 ~ PCT/US95/01080 lumen 121 of the tube 112 in a branched c~ ; " The external surface 114 of the tube 112 is c ~ iY~ with the external surface 140 of the infusio~ port 136. The lumen 138 of the infusiorl port 136 opens into a conically shaped female receptacle 142. The femalc ~ al l~, 142 is S designed to removably receive therein â ~ shaped male plug 144 having a central lumen (not sh~wn) which aligns coaxially with the lumen 138 of the infusion port 136 forming a fluid tight junction. The central lumen of the male plug 144 is in fluid with a remote fluid source (not shown) via a tube 146, the lumen (not shown) of which is coa~ally aligned 10 with the central lumcn (not sh~wn) of the male plug 144.
As shown in ~IG. 9 (and similarly p,~ described for the embodiment shown in ~IG. 2), a fluid 125 can be ..h~ into the second lumen 121 of the tube 112 by ~ 6 the female ~ h. l~ 142 of the 15 infusion port 136 to the ,;~ male plug 142 of a remote fluid source and infusing the fluid 125 into the second lumen 121 by pumping, injecting, or utilizing gravity flow.
Referring now to FIGS. 13-14, the present invention also 20 provides alternative third and fourth r ~l~C)~ ~ of the drug delivery devices described herein (e.g., the ho~ sho~vn in ElGS. 1-2) wherein the body portion 211 at the distal end 218 of the tube 212 fonns a fluid tight seal of the lumen 220 of the tube 212 and the device 210 further comprises a guidewire 228 having a distal tip 230 which is mourlted in the body portion 25 211 of the tube 212 at the distal end 218 thereof. The guidewire 228 can also be mounted on the external surface 214 of the body portion 211 at the distal end 218 of the tube 212. In the .. 1,~1l;.. 1 shown, the gudewire 228 has an anchoring portion 233 ~vith shoulders 231 which terminate into the first portion 232. The ancho~ing portion 233 of the g udewire 228 is cast or 30 molded into the distal end 218 of the body portion 211 of the tube 212. The shape of the anchoring portion 229 can be selected from among many shapes WO 95/20416 P~ ;r(~
21822~1 and is not limited to the ~mho~iim~nt shown in ~IG 14. The ancboring portion 233 is integrally formed with the first portion 232 wbich cxtends distally from the distal end 218 along the ~ l axis of the tube 212 and ~ into an upwardly dircctcd portion 234. The up vardly 5 directcd portion 2341~ O in the distal tip 230. The total length of the guidcwirc 228 can vary but is preferably about 4-5 cm. The resulting angled c~ .. of thc guidewire 228 carl bc used to dircct thc dcvice 210 during r~ -1 of tbc substancc dclivcry scgmcnt 222 witbin the lumcn of thc natural tissue conduit (not shown).
Thc ~.~.I; - ..1 of the dcvicc 210 shown in ~IG. 13 also comprises an opening 260 through thc cxtcrnal surface 214 of thc tube 212 which is in fluid c . . , . ~ with the lumcn 220 of thc tube 212 such tbat at least a portion of a fluid 225 delivcred into thc lumcn 220 of thc tubc 212 15 can pass into thc natural tissuc conduit tbrough said opening 260. For cxample, a cathcter (i.e., any of tbc various 1- ' of the devices described hc~ein) designcd for delivcry of a drug such as an ~ ..l to an "~ pl l~ sitc in a coronary artcry can also includc at least o~e opening 260 proximal to thc substance delivery segmcnt 222 for infusion of a small 20 amount of thc drug into thc b'- ~ ' ~alll just proximal to thc substancc delivery scgmcnt 222. Tbis opening 260 can bc used to prevent platelet d~ .. r _ ' and tbrombus formation from occurring on the surfaces of the catheter proximal to thc substance delivcry scgment 222. The opcning 260 can be located at any point on thc tube 212 between tbe 25 substancc delivery segment 222 and thc proxi_al end 216 but is preferably located between about 0.2 and 40 cm proximal to thc substance delivery scgmcnt 222. ~ nn~lly, the dcvicc 210 can have more than onc openings 260 and tbe opening(s) 260 can be selected from among a variety of shapes including, but not limited to circular, lc~ , or of a slit c - I~L , I ;~ n 30 similar to the substancc delivery holos dcscribcd hcrcin.

WO 95/20116 ~ i 8 2 2 ~ 1 PCT/US95101080 As described for the first ~ I,o~ shown in FIGS. 1-8, the substance delivery segment 222 of EIGS. 13-14 can be made to assume the second position and second shape which is cuhst~ nti-AIIy linear (as shov~n in EIG 2). This allows the devic 210 to easily traverse the lumen of a natural S tissue conduit and reach thc ~c~ d dclivcry sitc. A moving mcans 226 must bc applicd to thc substancc dclivery segmcnt 222 to causc A"U. thereof from the first to thc second position. A stylette 239 having a distal tip 2~6 is inserted into thc lumcr~ 220 of the tubc 212 and is passed through thc substancc delivery segmcnt 222 so that thc distal tip 256 10 is adjacent thc distal cnd 218 o~ thc tubc 212. The stylcttc 23g mu~t bc flexible to allow thc dcvice 210 mountcd thercon to mancuvcr within thc lumen of thc tissue conduit, yr~t bc of sufficicnt stiffncss to maintain thc substance delivery scgmcnt 222 in the second position during dclivcry to the 1 site. It is also c l ~ d ehat thc gludcwirc ~
15 and stylette of thc altcrnativc ~ ' describcd abovc and shown in ~GS. 13-14 can be utilized in thc c ' ~ ' shown in ~IG 9 in which thc tube 1~2 compriscs two h mcrls 120, 121.
Thc dcvices dcscribed herein can be f~hnrAtrd from any 20 resilierlt ~ A material including, but not limited to, materials selected from the group consi,ting of polymer, synthetic rubber, natural rubber, metal and plastic or ~ ' thereof by methods known in the art. In general, the deviccs ~.~h.~ e~d from polymers or rubbcr can bc molded or cast as a single elcmcnt and can bc cast such that the substance 25 delivery segment (e.g, the substance delivery segment 22 shown in EIG. 1) is pre-formed into the first shap~ such that the substance delivery segment normally rests in the first (or memory) position.
The polymers c, t~ d for use in r~r;~A~;I of thc devices 30 of the invention can bc cithcr hin~ or non-~ polymers or ~Al " . ,1. . A 1 ;l l~ ~ thereo Examples of suitablc iAAon! ' ,, ' ' polymAers , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ WO 9~i/20.~16 ~ 1 ~ 2 ~ 01 PCT/US9S/01080 i ~., ~ ~"
include, e.g., p~ ctL~c, p~ ,il.jlc,.c, pGl~ tl~lc.lc t~
pul~h~llu~u~ LL~ c, cthylcnc vinyl acetatc, pûlyimid, and nylon.
Examples of suitable b;~dc~a.l_ble poly~ners include, polylactic acid and p~ 4~1ic acid.

Suitablc mctals for cu~hL~. hù~ of thc dcvices dcscribcd hcrein includc, but are not limitcd to, mctals selected from the group CODSisting of stainlcss stcel, and tantalum, platinum and nitinol. In a prcscntly prefcrrcd e l o-l ~ 1 thc substancc dclivery scgmcnt 22 (sce ~IGS. 1-5) is 10 cu~h~ .,d from nitinol (nickcVtitanium alloy) such that thc nitinol in thc substance delivery segmcnt 22 is normally in the first position (i.c., thc rest or memory position) as shown in FIG. 1 whcn the device is at room c, e.g., about 23-25C. The substance delivery segme~t 22 can be made to assume the second position (wherein the second shape of the 15 substancc dclivery segmcnt 22 is ~ lincar) by cxposing thc nitinol to a fluid having a 1~ ~1 -AI C of between about 40-65C but ~.-efc.
about 55C.
Exposing the nitinol to a fluid hcatcd to such t~ '' CS
20 causes the metal to expand and straighten so that thc substance delivcry segment 22 moves from thc first position to thc second position. Thc heated fluid therefore can scrvc as a moviDg mcans instcad of thc ,, 1 ....~c, 28 or stylettcs 229 ~.c~;uuDl.~ describcd. I~rpically, thc substance delivery segment 22 is exposed to the heated fluid by infusing thc hcatcd fluid through thc 25 lumen 20 of the tube 12 either through the infusion port 36 or through the opening 17 at the proximal end 16 of the tube 12. Suitable fluids which can be utilized to irrigate the nitiDol substance delivery segment include, but are not limited to, fluids selected from the group consisting of ringer's solution, lactated ringer's solution, 5% dextrose solution, 10% dextrosc solution, 30 normal saline solution, ~ normal salinc solution, 5% dextrose and ~ normal salinc solution, and stcrilc watcr. Thesc fluids also senc as cxamplcs of the .~:
~ wo 95/20.~16 r~ lD.i~
-- L~ 1822 0 1 fluids which can be utilized to carry a substance to the ~ . .rd site by iDfusion through the devices as describe~ herein. It is ~ r~ r 1 however, that the guidewire 28 of EIGS. 1-5 and 9 (or the stylette 239 shown in PIGS 13-14) can be utilized as the moving means 26 and inserted through 5 into the lumen 20 of the nitin~l substance delivery segment 22 to assist in rl~ of the substance de~ivery sevment 20 at the ~ site within the lumen of the tissue conduit.
Referring again to ~IG. 3, an alt~.."..Li.~ fifth . ' - ' of 10 the invention provides a semi-j ' ' ' - 58 covering the external surface 14 of the substance delivery segment 22 and the substance delivery holes 24 defined therein. The semi-F .. h.,.. ~ 58 can be co~LI b_L~ d from any ~ ~dc 6, c l~hl~ or r~on-l k V ' '' ~ polymer including the examples of polymers ~.c.;~,~ discussed herein.
The delivery of a substance through the substance delivery holes 24 to the ~ t . rd site c3n occur at a l,-c~ d rate through the semi-p . ~ .. .1- . - 58 The ~ c~ cd ratewill very d~ c upon the prrm~-ohility of the semi-~ .. , ~,1., ,...., l .. ~ . r 58 for the substance 20 of choice and upon the pressure of the infused f~uid whieh is applied to the upstream side of the ~ - The l"~ rate can be any f~ow rate but will typically be between about 0.01 and 1.0 mVminute.
The devices described herein specificaUy provide a means for 25 locally delivering a substance l:o the boundary layer of fluid flowing through a conduit into which they are d~:ployed. For example, the devices described herein can be utilized to provide local drug delivery by utilizing arterial blood flow for prevention or treatment of any disease or condition distal to the site of arterial; ,~ of the device. Particular examples where the devices 30 of the present invention can be utilized include, but are not limited to, local drug delivery to treat cancer c~r to main~ain perfusion of tissue or orga~

Wo 95/20416 PCT/US95/01080 while the body ect~hiiC~s reV~ct lll~n7~tinn of the subject tissue, to prevent restenosis of a PTCA repair or to prevent platelet ri,op(lcitir)n or t_rombu formation~on a prosthetic device implanted into the c~Luv~ ular system. When the devices described herein are utili ed in the 5 c~ ' ~. ~ system, local delivery of ~v'~ is ac~iieved at the ~.c~ d site without disrupting perfusioD of ~sues distal to the infusion site.
In particular, the present invention provides a method for 10 providing local delivery of a substance to a ~nclc; i site in a natural conduit in the ~sn-~sl;sn body, , _ placing a substance delivery device in the lumen of the natural tissue eonduit adjacent the ~ . ;- d site, the device being in a first position; and delivering the substa~ce to the ~.c~ d site t_rough the substance delivery deviee wherein the device 15 is in a second position without ;--t ~ s the flow of a fiuid through the conduit. In a preferred e_L ' t, the ~ site is the boundary layer of fluid flowing through the natural ti. sue condi-~it and the device is selected from among the devices described herein.
Referring to FIGS. 1-5, one example of a method for providing local delivery of a substance to a 1~ site in a natural eonduit in the m~nnmDIisn body (e.g., an artery) comprises the steps of:
a) ~hulu~,in& the device 10 into the lumen 49 of the natural tissue conduit 50, the device 10 having been ~JlC ' ~ on a guidewire 28 having a distal tip 30, wherein the guidewire 28 passes through the lume~ 20 of the tube 12 such that the diistal tip 30 of the guidewire 28 is adjacent the distal end 18 of the tube 12;
b) advancing the gLudewire 28 and ~-c~o~tcd device 10 within the lumen 49 of the conduit S0 until the distal tip 30 of the gi1idewire 28 reaches 30 the ~ d site;

1~ WO 95/20416 ~18 2 2 û 1 r~ o80 c) removing the guide~ire 28 from the lumen 20 of the tube 12 thereby allowing the substanc~ de]ivery segment 22 to assume the third position at the ~ rd delivery site (as shown in ~IGS. 4-S);
d) delivering the substance (i.e., a fluid 25 C l--lA ~r, the substance) 5 to thc ~ d site by illfusing the fluid 25 through the substance il~hudu~ l b mcans 35 (infusion port 36), through thc lumen 20 of thc tube 12 and through the substance de}ivery holes 24 such that the fluid 2 thc substance is delivered to the ~ ite.
Still referring to FIGS. 1-5, an alternative method for providing local delivery of the ~ ~-IAII ~ described herein to a ~ , rd site in a natural conduit in the n~qn n~ n body, comprises the steps of a) i~ u~lu~b a g ude~ire 28 having a pro~mal tip (not shown) and an opposite distal tip 30 into tlhe lumen 49 of the natural tissue conduit 50 15 and advancing the distal tip 3C~ to the ~".d~ t~ d site, the proximal tip (not shown) ~c~ug external of the body;
b) iDserting the proximal tip (not shown) of the guidewire 28 into the distal openiDg 17 of the lumeD 20 of the device 10 and threading the device 10 over the g udewire 28 until the distal end 18 reaches the distal tip 30 of 20 the guidewire 28, thereby causing the substance delivery segment 22 to be located adjacent the ll~cA~ 1 ~ rd site;
c) removing the g ude~rire 28 from the lumen 20 of the tube 12 thereby allowing the substance delivery seglnent 22 to assume the third position adjacent the ~ delivery site;
d) delivering the substance (i.e., a fluid 25 c-~ e the substance) to the ~ t- , ~ -~d site by il~fusing the fluid 25 through the substance ;''I ' 'J'l~'';' k means 35, through the lume~ 20 of the tube 12 and through thesubstance delivery holes 24 such that the fluid 25 ~ the substance is delivered to the ~ site.

WO 95/20416 2 1 8 2 2 ~ 1 Pcr/usss/oloso In one çmho~lim~nt of the methods described above, tbe substance delivery segmeDt 22 of the device 10 is comrnc~d of nitinol and the method further cnmrriC~ C, after the delivering step, the steps of:
a) exposing the nitinol substance delivery segment 22 to a fluid having 5 a (~ a~ c of bet~veen about 45C and 60C, thereby causing the substance delivery segment 22 to move from the third position to the second position; and b) removing the device lO from the natural tissue conduit S0.
As ~ 5t~ ~ by the present invention, the substance delivered by the devices described herein can be any CllhQ~nr~, including any drug, and the device can be used for local delivery of such ~ ' to prevent or treat a variety of disease ~ , or to promote or ~Dhance desired activity v~ithin the body. For exa~nple, the substance can be an .5.111;. n~ ..l, including but not limited to, heparin, hirudm, hirulog, hirugen, activated and non-activated protein C, synthetic or naturally occurring :Int~nn;ctc, of thrombin, and Factor Xa, or other activated or non-activated CO~r. ~ protease inhibitors and, _ ' factors, e.g., E~I~ FVIII, FV, FVIIa and tissue factor.
The devices described herein can also be utilized to deliver a substance which inhibits platelet ~ll rn~:~inn and thrombus formation or promotes LhlulllbG~ and thrombus ~' ' Examples of such c include, but are not limited to, plasmin, tissue ~
25 activator (tPA), urokinase (UK), single chain yluulukilliLc (scuPA), sL c~,l .L;..~L~ prnct~n"inC, ~Iûu~, inhibitors, rk..~lhn~ ,1 ~e inhibitors, LL~ Ll.~ L~ inhibitors; ~- 1- g. " -l, of 6~ulJIuL~
receptors iDcluding (GP) Ib,GP Ilb/IIIa, r. lA~. -I, of collagen receptors, . nd ~nt~nn;ctc of platelet thrombin receptors.

~ WC 95/2041G ~13 2 2 ~1 PCTIUS95/01080 27 ~ `
AlL~..., Liv~ly, th~ delivered by the devices of the present invention can directly affect platelet metabolic function. Examples of such ~ 5 include, but are not limited to, pro~q~snflinc ~.1~6_..~. inhibitors, p~ or ~ ~.-Lh~.L~ inhih:~ r.c, inhibitors of calciu~n transport, or elevators of cyclic adenosine hf.~ (cyclic AMP).
It is also c ~- ~t- ~ d that thc devices of t_e iDvcntion can deliver a substance which prevents rcstenosis of a blood vesseL Examples of 10 suc~ s includc, but arc not limitcd to, a ~jrowth factor, a growth factor inhibitor, growth factor receptor A- ~ repressor, rcprcssor, antisense DNA, antiscnse RNA, ~r'- - inhibitor, inhibitory A..l;ll4~; ~, A..l.l.l~.l;; directed against growth factors or t_eir receptors, I,;r. .- ~ l molecules . . _ a growth factor and a cytotoxin, 15 and l.;r, . :;....~1 molecules ~ .e an antibody and a cytot~in.
Thc substancc delivercd by t_c dcvicf~s of t_c prcsent invention can also bc a vc~ , suc~ as lP~hu61~ ih~ ~J-, ' or othcr nitric 4xidc l;hl--qtf rc Thc ~ ' ' can also includc othcr suitablc V~o~l,iiVc 20 agents such as bcta receptor b~locking drugs, inhibitors of intra-cellular calcium transport, I".-`l.~J-,~ , and the like.
The local drug dl~livery devices of the prcsent invention C. D be utilized as thc device which is placed into the natural tissue conduit in the 25 methods of local drug delivery described above. The methods of local drug delivery of the prcsent invention can bc utilizcd to deliver any substance into any natural tissue conduit in the lng~qlign body. The methods described herein are mcant to include a~y substar cc or drug which can bc placcd in the lumen of the devices descnbe~1 hcrein. Cert. in other ~ ~ - ' of the 30 invention includc mcthods for locally delivcring a substance into a natural tissue conduit in thc mqm-r~slisn body whcrcin thc ~ arc those WO95/20.116 ~l 822~l : PCT/US95/01080 ~u~ s aDd drugs previously described hereiD for lu~c~ g or treating restenosis, inhibitiDg platelet C~Ff!Citlnn and thrombus fnrTn~tinn, ~UlUlllULiL~g Lh~ulllbcjl~DiD, or affecting vascular tone. It is also ~ t_l~ ;I that the v~cr~rlil~tclrc aDd ....1;. r.5.f" 1~ described hereiD can be utilized in the 5 methods described above.
Utilizing the methods for predicting du... Dhca~ atinn of sl~hc~slnrf~s (~ cd by the methods aDd devices of the present invention) that are taught in the examples, oDe sl~lled iD the art can 10 deter~uDe suitable dosage c~lui c~ and treatment regimens for any substance to be delivered to the p,~ t ; d site. Dosages aDd regimens will vary, of course, ~lf p -~ ~e UpOD the tissue targeted for therapy and upon the particular drug utilized. In particular, the I ~ for lu~c.~ h. Ej or treating restenosis, inhibiting platelet f~ C~ , aDd thrombus formation 15 and the ~a~ and ~--l; n ~ c ~ described herein can be utilized iD
the methods for local drug delivery taught hereiD in amouDts 1~ t~ -; -rd by the methods taught in the examples and by other u~ 1~CD
knowD in the art.
One ~ o~ll . l of the present iDvention provides a method for locally delivering a substance into a natural tissue conduit wherein the substance inhibits platelet ~I~ p~ ;- aDd thrombus formation on a prosthetic c a~d;u~a;~ ular device which has been implanted in the c,. l` ~a~.ulàl system of a subject. The phrase ''~uDlL~.h~ D ulal device" iDcludes, but is 25 not limited to, devices such as tubular syDthetic prafts, ~ hacul~u.~al circuits, artificial kidneys, ~,..hi~ al assist devices, total heart ~luDlL.,s~ or u~l.,lu.D. As one skilled iD the art can ~ C~,;a~c~ the method caD
include, but is not limited to, any of the ,.~ which inhibit platelet rl..~ ;,.., and thrombus formation described herein.

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Wo 95/2041~ PCT/US95/01080 The devices and methods of therapy described herein achieve very high drug C~ ~uhahOnS locaLly while ~ e total drug L~.IU..Cl...,llL~ and circulating drug leveLs, therefore aLlowing for the efficient use of agents which are availal~le in Lunited amounts or whieh eould produce S side effeets. The cxamples eo]1tained hcrein provi~e: 1) a theoretical analysis of the c ,~ diffusion problem for the local infusion flow geometry; 2) in vi~o studies with ~ of bowdary laycr drug ~ distal to infusion sites; and 3) result~ of studies rA~ rt~d utiLuing a baboon ~ vivo shunt system and the local deL;very deviees of the present invention to block 10 distal thrombus fnrTn~
The examples sp~,eificaLly show that:
1. In typical usage situations drug c .- ~ II - ât the boundary layer of blood near the vessel wall are about 200 times greater than the average drug cu.~ hahull (averaged over the entire vessel eross section).
. Local c ~ - of ' b~ agents reduces total dose ~cl: (vs. iuha~ uua therapy) by nearly 3 orders of ~ ~ for ag~nts having short in vivo half hves, e g., PPACK al,liLlu.,.~ll,...(D-Phe-Pro-Arg ~ l ketone).
The foLlowing examples document the ~ ~. ib;L~y and efficiency of the methods of therapy and the devices described herein.
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-Al l .. UvJ ..,,l1 this ~l pl;. A ~ n, various ~ C are referenced.
The .I..,.,lo~ s of these ~ ' " in their entireties are hereby 30 i~ laL..d by referenee into this ~ n in order to rnore fully describe thc state of the art to which this invention pertains.
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WO 95/20416 21~ 2 2 ~1 PCT/I~S95101080 L Tbeoretical analvsis. The theoretical problem of predicting d~ L-~aLu wall or boundary layer ~-n~ innc of material infused through the luminal wall of a 4mm i.d. tube having 100 mVmin luminal blood flow, typical of mcdium-si~ed and coronaly artcries has been solved by the S present invention. In brief, a ~ was used to mlm~-~ir~lly solve the 2-~' ' Navier-Stokes and spccics co~ iuu cquations using a finite volume dement program (~;luent, Inc., Lcbanon, NH). The analysis predicts that when the drug-c~ G buffer is infused through the wall of the device described herein at a low rate (0.05--0.1 mVmin), then the wall 10 ~,uu~ ahuu of drug at 1--5 cm du..~Dh~ will be 10--20% of the d~ug c~ m in the infusate, i.e., infused materials are diluted 80--90%, but achieve wall c-- ~ 200 times greater than would be obtained by infusing drug uniformly over thc entire tubc cross section. Infused matcrial is confined to a very thin boundary layer (a~ ua~ u~t~ 250 microns thick) 15 along thc tubc wall. Wall drug ~-~--r- -1-, l;-~-\ is thcreforc d~ d by the volume and ~ . of drug iDfuscd. Since at highcr infusion rates (~
1 mVmin) it is possible to ncarly saturatc thc distal vesscl wall with infusate,we chose in aul,~ u~,LIL ~ studies to ir~fusc highly c-... - .l...l,~
reagents at a low rate (0.05--0.1 mVmin) to avoid c~u.;fi ..l buffer dilution 20 of blood at thc vcsscl wall.
rL ln vi~ro studies ~l ~l boundar~ laver flOw ~S~ a~ . In brief, the device utilized in the in vilro studies consisted of a short length (a~J-u~U~lLI~r 2 cm) of a standard expanded TEFLONG9 25 vascular graft (GORE-TEX~, 301~ int~rnnt~l distancc) having an iDner diameter of 4.0 mm. Iikewise, for grafts of this type, the preferred range of intrrn~ l distance, a measure of porosity, can range from about 10 ~ to 90 ~L.
A silicone rubber cuff-reservoir was placed around the graft for infusion of agents through the graft wall, which, therefor, can enter the flow Wû 95120116 X ~ 8 2 2 ~1 PCT/US95/01080 stream only at t_e portion of the resenoir overlying t_e graft interface. To study this system in v~tro, Evarl's blue dye was infused (0.05-0.1 rnVmin) with water f.ow t_roug_ t_c device (30 mVmin) scaled for the viscosity difference between water and blood to simulate 100 ml/rnin blood flow. Dye entered 5 the lumenal space uniformly, around t_e entire graft ~.~ ..f. r--~, Dye sampling was F~rf~lr~d using collection cuffs pl~ced 1--3 cm du..~Llc~.
CO 1~C lhahuLL values, obtained by .-' L- analgsis, wcre within 10% of those predicted theoretically (, hly since the ~ flow ~u~ were not t_eoretically perfect). ~ t_e excellent 10 a~ L between t_eory and .,~, con~rrncd t_at t_e th~rlre analysis of boundary flow ~ was accurate.
m Fr vivo stud~es ~ h arterio. shunts. To document t_e efficiency of t_is boundary layer method of local drug deliverg, a local 15 drug delivery device as described herein and providcd by the prescnt invention was inserted into the lumen of an extension segment of a baboon femoral ~L~,.iu._ shunt a~d the substance delivery segment was placed 2--3 cm pro~mal to a segment of highly LL.~ C,. - DACRON19 Yascular graft matcriaL Blood flow through the extension segmcnt was regulated at 20 100 mVmin, a value typical of those found in the carotid and iliac arterics of al,~,.u~La~cl~ 10 kg baboons. The baboon ev vivo shunt model of DACRON~9 graft ll~luL~Lbu~, and its usefulness ~or assessing the effects of ~,,I.II,,,,,.,hulif therapy, has been describcd ~ Jubl~ (See, e.g., S.R Hanson, et al., Artc,a,~ v.,~, S:595-603, (1985); S.R. Hanson, et al, J Clin Invest, 25 81:149-158, (1988); A. Gruber, et al., Bk70d, 73:639-642, (1989); A. Gruber, et al., Circulation, 84:2454-2462, (1991); and W.C. Krupski, et al, S~ugay 112:433 440, (1992)).
The agent infiused was the _ : ' D-Phe-Pro-Arg 30 chloromethyl ketone (PPACK). This agent was chosen since we have Y;U~l.r studied its effects follo~ing ill~ L~LlU~ in~usion in the same _ _ _ _ .

WO95/20~16 ~2~ 7,, PC'r/US95/01080 UII~bUD1~ model, thereby allûwing c ~ .., with the local delivery approach. (See, ~g., S.R. HaDson, et al., Proc Nad Acad Sci USA, 85:3184-3188, (1988); A.B. Kelly, et al., Blood, 77:1006-1012, (1991); and S.R.
Hanson, et al., Throm~osis and F~ 65(6):813, (1991)).

PPACK was mL~ed with isotonic saline whieh was infused at a r~ of 0.1 ~Lg/min. Total platelet .1 ~ - was measured over 30 minutes of blood exposure as ~ t- . -- d by Indium-platelet imaging. A
dose-response curve for local and iuha~ uuD (i.v.) ~ -- was 10 virtually c .~ for the PPACK iofusion. These data imply only that the shape of the i.v. and local infusion dose-response curves for each agent are 6imilar. These data also allow d~ of the relative efficiency of i.v.
vs. Iocal drug q-~ ;nn Thus, utilizing the u~ I;n~ ,U u~dn.cD
taught herein, the local dose .c.lu~c~.~ of PPACK for iDhibitiDg platelet 15 thrombus formation was reduced ~-u.~a~ 400--fdd (for local infusion vs. systemic i.v. therapy) over 30 minutes of blood exposure (see, EIG. 15).
Similarly, laws of first-order clearance Icinetics predict that, when agents areinfused by the local route, local bou~daly layer drug ~ c will exceed systemic ~, ' G levels by the same hctors (ie., by 400--fold for 20 PPACK at the 30 minute blood exposure level). This method for predicting dosage lG~ C"'~.116 can be utilized for other ~ to ri~tennin~ an ayyluy~ia~c treatment regimen.
I.V. infusion of PPACK at 45 ~Lglkg-min into 10 kg babooDs 25 having a plasma volume of -500 ml blocks thrombus formation and produces D~a~ Ftqt~ plasma levels of ~1 ~g/ml with an apparent in vivo half life of PPACK of about 2.5 minutes (S.R. Hanson, et al, Pn~e Na~l Acad Sci USA, 8S:3184-3188, (1988)). The theoretical and in vi~ro studies (in the ~yli~atiuu y~u~,cdulGD discussed herein) predict that iD the shunt study, 30 infusion of PPACK solution (5 lug/ml) at a rate of 0.1 mUmin should achieve ~ WO9512041(i ;~ 1 8 2 2 ~ 1 P~

a wall c ~ ll of 1-2 ~g/lml (i.e., 60-80% dilution of irlfusate), wich is essentially that plasma level pr-viously shown to effectively block thrombus formation in the i.v. infusion shudies. These data with PPACK therefore denote that t_e infused material is effectively c ~ d in a boundary 5 layer that occupies only a~ u~ lalcl~ 5% of the cross section of a 4 mm i.d.
tube having a total flow of 100 mVmin.
In sumTnary, the boundary layer into which eLS,. L._I~ all drug is Cl ll ~ A I~ ~ 2--3 cm ~ ..~h~ comprises an annular ring at the blood-10 vessel interface occupying only about 5% of the tube Crf~QQ S - ' area Thus, total effective drug lC.I~G~ to at thât area will be .~a.~a~l~ small.
For example, to maintain local PDGF-BB (plâtelet ~erived growth factor) levels at 10 nglml, we would infuse PDGl~ solution (100 ng/ml at 0.05 mVmin (i.e., 90% dilution of infusate) ~r a~luAi,.la~l~ 7 ~Lg per day, a r~PrlrAhly 5 small ~ for hreahmerlt of larger animals.
Therefore, where standard t~ ll Ievels are known for a substance P-~ t G~ by CO11. lhu~lal i.v. (systemic) therapy, the dosage and hreahment regimen for local de]ivery of the substance utilizing the devices 20 of the present invention can be predicted Further, while the rh~ rf hn~hrc of many agerts may be complex, these issues are irrelevant for agents having half lives less than several hours, since drug r~rirf,~ hnn will c~ ' . ;I.~t~ very little to the boundary layer drug levels. These data indicate that the methods of th~ present inventiorl have the advantage of 25 providing local drug levels irt l~own quantities to good al~lJlu~aLiwl to târget tissues.
IV. C~ f substance deliven rQuteO. Three d~ acl..,O for delivery of PPACK to the surface of a IL._L ~ -30 DACRON~ graft implanted tn an oc vivo baboon a~tero-venous (a-v) shunt were evaluated for their O~ r~ at reducirlg t_rombus formation and plâtelet fl~ ~f ~ llf~ll after 30 minutes of blood exposure to the graft. Blood flow t_rough the e~r vivo a-v sh~nt was c~ h~ll~A at 100 mVrnin for each . . . _ _ _ . .

WO95/20416 '~18~20~ PCT/USgS/01080 ad,.,i~ Liu,-. DACRON 19 grafts are known to actively ILu-l~bu~ if even a portion of the thr~mh~g~nir DACRON~D surface is expûsed to blûod flow (See, A. Gruder, et al., Blood, 23 :639-642 (1989)). I1~ US systeic m of PPACK at 400 ~g/r~in was necessary to rcduce platelet 5 d~ ;- on the DACRON 19 graft by 90% at 30 minutes of blood exposure (See, FIG. 15).
Loeal infusion into the bûundary layer of blood flow 2-3 cm proximal to thc thrnmhog~n;r DACRONa9 graft was ~ rd utilizing 10 the model described in Example II above. A local delivery c u~ h_Liull of 0.5 ~g/in at 30 inutes of blood exposurc was necessary to reduce platelet d~ . on t_e DACRON~9 graft by 90% (See, FIG 15).
Local infusion into thc boundary layer of blood flow 2-3 cm 15 proximal to the DACRONQ graft was also achieved by 1,~ of a local drug delivery device as described herein within the lumen of thc cx vivo shunt. Briefly, an h.d~._ll;..g eatheter 10 of thc type shown in EIG 1 having a substance delivery segment 22 was p~ d in thc lumen of the ec vivo cxtension scgmcnt iiy~uA~a~ 2-3 em proximal to thc targct dclivery sitc 20 (i.c the DACRON 19 graft) as is similarly dcpicted in EIG. ~ whieh shows the substanee delivery segment 22 deployed proximal to an area of arterial stenosis. Thc eoiled ~,u~ _Liull of thc substanec delivery scgmcnt 22 and position of thc substance delivery holes 24 provided for delivery of infused PPACK dircetly into the boundary layer of blood flowing through the ex v~vo 2~ shunt proximal to the DACRON~9 graft. The PPACK was infused through the infusion port 36, through the lumen 20 of the tube 12, through the substance delivery holes 24, and into the lumen of the e1t vivo shunt (not shown). Infusion of PPACK at a rate of 1 llg/min effcetively redueed thrombus formation OD the DACRON~9 graft by 90% as eompared to 30 controls at 30 minutes of blood exposure. (See, ~IG. 15) ~ WO 95120416 ~18 ~ 2 ~1 PCT/US95/01080 Platelet df~p-~ l;f~ on the DACRON~ graft surface was measured over 30 minutes in ee vivo shunts in two groups. The graft surface in orle group of 3 animals was treated with local delivery of PPACK by infusion utilizing the .ld~ catheters described herein at a rate of 1 5 ~g/rnin. This data was coraptlred to a second group consisting of 21 control tlJ~imals (see, EIG 16). Platelet ~f ~ ) was metlsured as previously described using lll Idium-plak]et imaging. Platelets ~ ' d on the surface of the DACRON 19 gr. ft in a c ~ fashion in the control (untreated) animals. Treated tmimals (PPACE~ ghnin), however, showed a 10 90% reduction in (or inhibitior~ of) platelet ~ over 30 minutes.
These data indicate that the ' -11;.,6 local delivery eatheters provided by the present invention show e7ccellent ,, ,. ".191 ;"" to the boundary flow data as predicted in the theoretical analysis (Example I) and 15 d - ~ f~ in the ill vi~ local delivery data (Example II). MJ~CV~- ~ the catheter infusion approach reduced the 11.~ ..I;f drug l~ Ic~ by a factor of at least 400 times thal required by c~u~ LiuL~al ~ a~ u~O
systemic ~
Although the preserlt process has been described with reference to specific details of certain I o~ thereof, it is not intended that such details should be regarded . s l;l l- -l A ~ upon the scope of the invention except as and to the extent tha~ they are ineluded in the q~ h~g claims.

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A device for the local delivery of a substance at a predetermined site in a natural tissue conduit in the mammalian body, the conduit having a luminal surface defining a lumen, comprising:
a) an elongated flexible tube of a preselected length and diameter having an external surface, a proximal end, an opposite distal end, and a lumen extending longitudinally therethrough interconnecting the proximal and distal ends with the proximal end defining an opening therethrough, the tube having a substance delivery segment adjacent the distal end and defining a plurality of substance delivery holes through the external surface which are in fluid communication with the lumen of the tube, the substance delivery segment being moveable among a first rest position wherein it has a first shape, a second position wherein it has a second shape, and a third operative position wherein it has a third shape, the third position being intermediate the first and second positions;
b) means for moving the substance delivery segment from its first position to its second position, the substance delivery segment tending to return to the first position when the moving means is no longer applied to the substance delivery segment; and c) means for introducing the substance into the lumen of the tube for delivery into the natural tissue conduit.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the substance delivery segment assumes the third position when the moving means is no longer applied thereto, such that the substance delivery segment is capable of exerting a force against the luminal surface of the conduit in the third position sufficient to anchor the substance delivery segment at the, predetermined site within the lumen of a natural tissue conduit.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the first shape comprises a plurality of spiral turns of the substance delivery segment about the longitudinal axis of the device such that the substance delivery segment forms a hollow coil and the substance, delivery holes are at a preselected location on the coil.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the preselected location of the substance delivery holes is that the holes are juxtaposed to the luminal surface of the conduit such that a substance delivered therethrough directly contacts the luminal surface of the tissue conduit.

5. The device of claim 3, wherein the preselected location of the substance delivery holes is that the holes are adjacent to the luminal surface of the conduit such that a substance delivered therethrough is delivered into the natural tissue conduit adjacent the luminal surface thereof.

6. The device of claim 3, wherein the preselected location of the substance delivery holes is that the holes are opposite a portion of the external surface of the substance delivery segment which contacts the luminal surface of the conduit such that a substance delivered therethrough is delivered into the boundary layer of a fluid flowing through the lumen of the natural tissue conduit.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the distal end of the tube further defines an opening therethrough which is in fluid communication with the lumen of the tube and the opening defined by the proximal end thereof.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the substance delivery segment is substantially linear in the second position and the moving means comprises a guidewire having a distal tip which is removably insertable into the proximal opening of the lumen of the tube and through the opening of the distal end thereof, the guidewire being sufficiently stiff to maintain the substance delivery segment in the second position, thereby allowing deployment of the substance delivery segment through the conduit to the predetermined site.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the proximal opening of the lumen of the tube is moveable between a closed position which forms a fluid tight seal and an open position which allows a guidewire to pass therethrough.

10. The device of claim 7, wherein the distal opening of the lumen of the tube is moveable between a closed position which forms a fluid tight seal and an open position which allows a guidewire to pass therethrough.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein the distal end of the tube forms a fluid tight seal of the lumen of the tube and the device further comprises a guidewire having a distal tip and a proximal anchoring end, the guidewire being mounted in the tube at the distal end thereof for guiding the tube through the lumen of the natural tissue conduit to the predetermined.
site.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the substance delivery segment is substantially linear in the second position and the moving means comprises a stylette having a distal tip which is removably insertable into the proximal opening of the lumen of the tube, through the lumen of the tube to the distal end thereof, the stylette being sufficiently stiff to maintain the substance delivery segment in the second position, thereby allowing deployment of the substance delivery segment through the conduit to the predetermined site.

13. The device of claim 1, wherein the substance delivery segment is comprised of a resilient biocompatible material selected from the group consisting of polymer, synthetic rubber, natural rubber, metal and plastic preformed to into the first shape such that the substance delivery segment normally rests in the first position.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the material is a non-biodegradable polymer selected from the group consisting of polyurethane, polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate, polytetrafluoroethylene, ethylene vinyl acetate, polyimid, and nylon.

15. The device of claim 13, wherein the material is a biodegradable polymer selected from the group consisting of polylactic acid and polyglycolic acid.

16. The device claim 13, wherein the material is a metal selected from the group consisting of stainless steel, and tantalum, platinum and nitinol.

17. The device claim 16, wherein the metal is nitinol and wherein the moving means comprises exposing the nitinol to a fluid having a temperature of between about 40-65°C.

18. The device claim 17, wherein the metal is nitinol and wherein the moving means comprises exposing the nitinol to a fluid having a temperature of about 55°C.

19. The device claim 17, wherein the fluid is selected from the group consisting of ringer's solution, lactated ringer's solution, 5%
dextrose solution, 10% dextrose solution, normal saline solution, normal saline solution, 5% dextrose and normal saline solution, and sterile water.

20. The device of claim 1, further comprising a semi-permeable membrane covering the external surface of the substance delivery segment and the substance delivery holes defined therein such that delivery of a substance through the substance delivery holes to the predetermined site occurs at a preselected rate.

21. The device of claim 20, wherein the semi-permeable membrane is comprised of a biocompatible material selected from the group consisting of a biodegradable polymer and a non-biodegradable polymer.

22. The device of claim 21, wherein the semi-permeable membrane is a non-biodegradable polymer selected from the group consisting of polytetrafluoroethylene, ethylene vinyl acetate, polyethylene, and polyethylene terephthalate.

23. The device of claim 20, wherein the substance is a fluid and the preselected rate is between about 0.01 and 1.0 ml/minute.

24. The device of claim 1, wherein the substance introducing means comprises an infusion port attached to the tube adjacent the proximal end which is in fluid communication with the lumen of the tube such that a substance can be delivered through the port and into the lumen of the natural tissue conduit.

25. The device of claim 1, further comprising at least one opening through the external surface of the tube which is in fluid communication with the lumen of the tube, the opening being located between the substance delivery segment and the proximal end of the tube such that at least a portion of a substance delivered into the lumen of the tube can pass into the natural tissue conduit through said opening.

26. The device of claim 1, wherein the conduit is a blood vessel.

27. The device of claim 1, wherein the substance is a drug.

28. A device for the local delivery of a substance at a predetermined site in a natural tissue conduit in the mammalian body, the conduit having a luminal surface defining a lumen, comprising:
a) an elongated flexible tube of a preselected length and diameter having an external surface, a proximal end, an opposite distal end, and a first lumen extending longitudinally therethrough interconnecting the proximal and distal ends with the proximal end defining an opening in the first lumen, the tube having a substance delivery segment adjacent the distal end and defining a plurality of substance delivery holes through the external surface, an infusion port located adjacent the proximal end of the tube, and a second lumen within the tube interconnecting the infusion port with the substance delivery holes so that a substance can be delivered through the infusion port, the second lumen, and the substance delivery holes to the predetermined site, the substance delivery segment being moveable among a first rest position wherein it has a first shape, a second position wherein it has a second shape, and a third operative position wherein it has a third shape, the third position being intermediate the first and second positions; and b) means for moving the substance delivery segment from its first position to its second position, the substance delivery segment tending to return to the first position when the moving means is no longer applied to the substance delivery segment.

29. The device of claim 28, wherein the substance delivery segment assumes the third position when the moving means is no longer applied thereto, such that the substance delivery segment is capable of exerting a force against the luminal surface of the conduit in the third position sufficient to anchor the substance delivery segment at the predetermined site within the lumen of a natural tissue conduit.

30. The device of claim 28, wherein the first shape comprises a plurality of spiral turns of the substance delivery segment about the longitudinal axis of the device such that the substance delivery segment forms a hollow coil and the substance delivery holes are at a preselected location on the coil.

31. The device of claim 30, wherein the preselected location of the substance delivery holes is that the holes are juxtaposed to the luminal surface of the conduit such that a substance delivered therethrough directly contacts the luminal surface of the tissue conduit.

32. The device of claim 30, wherein the preselected location of the substance delivery holes is that the holes are adjacent to the luminal surface of the conduit such that a substance delivered therethrough is delivered into the natural tissue conduit adjacent the luminal surface thereof.

33. The device of claim 30, wherein the preselected location of the substance delivery holes is that the holes are opposite a portion of the external surface of the substance delivery segment which contacts the luminal surface of the conduit such that a substance delivered therethrough is delivered into the boundary layer of a fluid flowing through the lumen of the natural tissue conduit.

34. The device of claim 28, wherein the distal end of the tube further defines an opening therethrough which is in fluid communication with the first lumen of the tube and the opening defined by the proximal end thereof.

35. The device of claim 34, wherein the substance delivery segment is substantially linear in the second position and the moving means comprises a guidewire having a distal tip which is removably insertable into the proximal opening of the first lumen of the tube and through the opening of the distal end thereof, the guidewire being sufficiently stiff to maintain the substance delivery segment in the second position, thereby allowing deployment of the substance delivery segment through the conduit to the predetermined site.

36. The device of claim 28, wherein the proximal opening of the first lumen of the tube is moveable between a closed position which forms a fluid tight seal and an open position which allows the guidewire to pass therethrough.

37. The device of claim 34, wherein the distal opening of the first lumen of the tube is moveable between a closed position which forms a fluid tight seal and an open position which allows the guidewire to pass therethrough.

38. The device of claim 28, wherein the distal end of the tube forms a fluid tight seal of the lumen of the tube and the device further comprises a guidewire having a distal tip and a proximal anchoring end, the guidewire being mounted in the tube at the distal end thereof for guiding the tube through the lumen of the natural tissue conduit to the predetermined site.

39. The device of claim 38, wherein the substance delivery segment is substantially linear in the second position and the moving means comprises a stylette having a distal tip which is removably insertable into the proximal opening of the lumen of the tube, through the lumen of the tube to the distal end thereof, the stylette being sufficiently stiff to maintain the substance delivery segment in the second position, thereby allowing deployment of the substance delivery segment through the conduit to the predetermined site.

40. The device of claim 28, wherein the substance delivery segment is comprised of a resilient biocompatible material selected from the group consisting of polymer, synthetic rubber, natural rubber, metal and plastic preformed to into the first shape such that the substance delivery segment normally rests in the first position.

41. The device of claim 40, wherein the material is a non-biodegradable polymer selected from the group consisting of polyurethane, polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate, polytetrafluoroethylene, ethylene vinyl acetate, polyimide and nylon.

42. The device of claim 40, wherein the material is a biodegradable polymer selected from the group consisting of polylactic acid and polyglycolic acid.

43. The device claim 40, wherein the material is a metal selected from the group consisting of stainless steel, and tantalum, platinum and nitinol.

44. The device claim 43, wherein the metal is nitinol and wherein the moving means comprises exposing the nitinol to a fluid having a temperature of between about 40-65°C.

45. The device claim 44, wherein the metal is nitinol and wherein the moving means comprises exposing the nitinol to a fluid having a temperature of about 55°C.

46. The device claim 44, wherein the fluid is selected from the group consisting of ringer's, solution, lactated ringer's solution, 5%
dextrose solution, 10% dextrose solution, normal saline solution, normal saline solution, 5% dextrose and normal saline solution, and sterile water.

47. The device of claim 28, further comprising a semi-permeable membrane covering the external surface of the substance delivery segment and the substance delivery holes defined therein such that delivery of a substance through the substance delivery holes to the predetermined site occurs at a preselected rate.

48. The device of claim 47, wherein the semi-permeable membrane is comprised of a biocompatible material selected from the group consisting of a biodegradable polymer and a non-biodegradable polymer.

49. The device of claim 47, wherein the semi-permeable membrane is a non-biodegradable polymer selected from the group consisting of polytetrafluoroethylene, ethylene vinyl acetate, polyethylene, and polyethylene terephthalate.

50. The device of claim 47, wherein the substance is a fluid and the preselected rate is between about 0.01 and 1.0 ml/minute.

51. The device of claim 28, wherein the substance introducing means comprises an infusion port attached to the tube adjacent the proximal end which is in fluid communication with the lumen of the tube such that a substance can be delivered through the port and into the lumen of the natural tissue conduit.

52. The device of claim 28, further comprising at least one opening through the external surface of the tube which is in fluid communication with the lumen of the tube, the opening being located between the substance delivery segment and the proximal end of the tube such that a portion of a substance delivered into the lumen of the tube passes into the natural tissue conduit through said opening.

53. The device of claim 28, wherein the conduit is a blood vessel.

54. The device of claim 28, wherein the substance is a drug.

55. A method for providing local delivery of a substance to a predetermined site in a natural conduit in the mammalian body, the conduit having a luminal surface defining a lumen, comprising the steps of:
a) placing a substance delivery device in the lumen of the natural tissue conduit adjacent the predetermined site, the device being in a first position; and b) delivering a substance to the predetermined site via the substance delivery device wherein the device is in a second position without interrupting the flow of a fluid through the conduit.

56. The method of claim 55, wherein the substance delivery device is the device of claim 1.

57. The method of claim 55, wherein the predetermined site is the boundary layer of fluid flowing through the natural tissue conduit.

58. The method of claim 55, wherein the predetermined site is the boundary layer of fluid flowing through the natural tissue conduit upstream of a target treatment area.

59. The method of claim 55, wherein the natural tissue conduit is a blood vessel.

60. The method of claim 55, wherein the substance is a drug.

61. The method of claim 55, wherein the substance is an anticoagulant.

62. The method of claim 61, wherein the anticoagulant is selected from the group consisting of heparin, hirudin, hirulog, hirugen, activated and non-activated protein C, synthetic antagonists of thrombin, Factor VIIa, Factor Xa and activated and non-activated coagulation factors.

63. The method of claim 55, wherein the substance antagonizes platelet deposition and thrombus formation.

64. The method of claim 63, wherein the substance is selected from the group consisting of: plasmin, tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), urokinase (UK), single chain prourokinase (scuPA), streptokinase;
prostaglandins, cyclooxygenase inhibitors, phosphodiesterase inhibitors, thromboxane synthetase inhibitors; antagonists of glycoprotein receptors including (GP) Ib,GP IIb/IIIa, antagonists of colagen receptors, and antagonists of platelet thrombin receptors.

65. The method of claim 55, wherein the substance affects platelet metabolic function.

66. The method of claim 65, wherein the substance is selected from the group consisting of prostaglandins, cyclooxygenase inhibitors, phosphodiesterase inhibitors, thromboxane inhibitors, inhibitors of calcium transport, and cyclic AMP agonists.

67. The method of claim 55, wherein the substance prevents restenosis in a blood vessel.

68. The method of claim 67, wherein the substance is selected from the group consisting of a growth factor, a growth factor inhibitor, growth factor receptor antagonist, transcriptional repressor, translational repressor, antisense DNA, antisense RNA, replication inhibitor, inhibitory antibodies, antibodies directed against growth factors, bifunctional molecules comprising a growth factor and a cytotoxin, and bifunctional molecules comprising an antibody and a cytotoxin.

69. The method of claim 55, wherein the substance is a vasodilator.

70. The method of claim 69, wherein the substance is selected from the group consisting of nitroglycerin, nitroprusside, agents which liberate nitric oxide, and agents which inhibit calcium transport.