Delivery of biological compounds to ischemic and/or infarcted tissue

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS

EP 0283661 9/1988 EP 0301288 A1 2/1999 JP 59093413 A 5/1984 JP 01-221133 9/1989 JP 03-284265 12/1991 JP 05-103746 4/1993 JP 09-051897 2/1997 JP 11-299725 11/1999 JP 2001-258822 9/2001 WO WO 92/21292 12/1992 WO WO 94/07413 4/1994 WO WO 95/03843 2/1995 WO WO 98/18388 5/1998 WO WO 03/039350 5/2003 WO WO 03/053491 7/2003 WO WO 03/101287 12/2003 WO WO 2004/043272 5/2004 WO WO 2004/080508 9/2004 WO WO 2005/070330 8/2005 WO WO 2005/077435 8/2005 WO WO 2005/081202 9/2005 WO WO 2006/017517 2/2006 WO WO 2006/024015 3/2006 WO WO 2006/083794 8/2006 WO WO 2006/091597 8/2006 WO WO 2006/126979 11/2006 WO WO 2007/067323 6/2007 WO WO 2007/079268 7/2007 WO WO 2007/133845 11/2007 WO WO 2007/134258 11/2007 WO WO 2008/015625 2/2008 WO WO 2008/021994 2/2008 WO WO 2008/021997 2/2008 WO WO 2008/021998 2/2008 WO WO 2008/024261 2/2008 WO WO 2008/079828 7/2008 WO WO 2009/112262 9/2009

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

European Patent Application No. 07841754.0 filed Aug. 31, 2007 in the name of Saadat et al., Supplemental European Search Report mailed Jun. 30, 2010.

European Patent Application No. 08746822.9 filed Apr. 24, 2008 in the name of Rot11e et al., European Search Report mailed Mar. 29, 2010.

European Patent Application No. 08746822.9 filed Apr. 24, 2008 in the name of Rot11e et al., Office Action mailed Jul. 13, 2010.

U.S. Appl. No. 11/259,498, filed Oct. 25, 2005 in the name ofSaadat et al., Non-final Office Action mailed Feb. 25, 2010.

U.S. Appl. No. 11/560,742, filed Nov. 16, 2006 in the name ofSaadat, Non-final Office Action mailed Jun. 10, 2010.

U.S. Appl. No. 11/687,597, filed Mar. 16, 2007 in the name of Saadat et al., Non-final Office Action mailed Jul. 21, 2010.

U.S. Appl. No. 12/117,655, filed May 8, 2008 in the name ofPeh et al., Final Office Action mailed Mar. 1, 2010.

U.S. Appl. No. 61/286,283, filed Dec. 14, 2009 in the name ofRothe et al.

U.S. Appl. No. 61/297,462, filed Jan. 22, 2010 in the name ofRot11 et al

Uchida, Developmental History of Cardioscopes, Coronary Angioscopy, pp. 187-197, 2001, Futura Publishing Co., Armonk, NY. Avitall, A Catheter System to Ablate Atrial Fibrillation in a Sterile Pericarditis Dog Model, PACE, vol. 17, p. 774, 1994.

Avitall, Right-Sided Driven Atrial Fibrillation in a Sterile Pericarditis Dog Model, PACE, vol. 17, p. 774, 1994.

Avitall, Vagally Mediated Atrial Fibrillation in a Dog Model can be Ablated by Placing Linear Radiofrequency Lesions at the Junction of the Right Atrial Appendage and the Superior Vena Cava, PACE, vol. 18, p. 857, 1995.

Baker, Nonpharmacologic Approaches to the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter, J . Cardiovasc. Electrophysiol., vol. 6, pp. 972-978, 1995.

Bhakta, Principles of Electroanatomic Mapping, Indian Pacing & Electrophysiol J., vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 32-50, 2008.

Bidoggia, Transseptal Left Heart Catheterization: Usefulness of the
Intracavitary Electrocardiogram in the Localization of the Fossa
Ovalis, Cat11et Cardiovasc Diagn., vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 221-225, 1991,
PP l~

Bredikis, Surgery of Tachyarrhythmia: Intracardiac Closed Heart
Cryoablation, PACE, vol. 13, pp. 1980-1984, 1990.
Cox, Cardiac Surgery for Arrhythmias, J .
Electrophysiol., vol. 15, pp. 250-262, 2004.

Cox, Five-Year Experience With the Maze Procedure for Atrial
Fibrillation, Ann. Thorac. Surg., vol. 56, pp. 814-824, 1993.

Cox, Modification of tl1e Maze Procedure for Atrial Flutter and Atrial Fibrillation, J . Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg., vol. 110, pp. 473-484, 1995.

Cox, The Status of Surgery for Cardiac Arrhythmias, Circulation, vol. 71, pp. 413-417, 1985.

Cox, The Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation, J . Thorac Cardiovasc. Surg., vol. 101, pp. 584-592, 1991.

Elvan, Replication of the “Maze” Procedure by Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation Reduces the Ability to Induce Atrial Fibrillation, PACE, vol. 17, p. 774, 1994.

Elvan, Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation (RFCA) of t11e Atria Effectively Abolishes Pacing Induced Chronic Atrial Fibrillation, PACE, vol. 18, p. 856, 1995.

Elvan, Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of the Atria Reduces Inducibility and Duration of Atrial Fibrillation in Dogs, Circulation, vol. 91, pp. 2235-2244, 1995.

European Patent Application No. 06734083.6 filed Jan. 30, 2006 in the name of Saadat et al., extended European Search Report mailed Jul. 1, 2009.

European Patent Application No. 06734083.6 filed Jan. 30, 2006 in the name of Saadat et al., office action mailed Oct. 23, 2009. Fiegut11, Inhibition of Atrial Fibrillation by PulmonaryVein Isolation and Auricular ResectioniExperimental Study in a Sheep Model, European J. Cardiotl1orac. Surg., vol. 11, pp. 714-721, 1997.

Hoey, Intramural Ablation Using Radiofrequency Energy Via ScrewTip Catheter and Saline Electrode, PACE, vol. 18, p. 487, 1995. Huang, Increase in the Lesion Size and Decrease in the Impedance Rise with a Saline Infusion Electrode Catheter for Radiofrequency, Circulation, vol. 80, No. 4, pp. II-324, 1989.

Moser, Angioscopic Visualization of Pulmonary Emboli, CHEST, vol. 77, No. 2, pp. 198-201, 1980.

Nakamura, Percutaneous Intracardiac Surgery With Cardioscopic Guidance, SPIE, vol. 1652, pp. 214-216, 1992.

Pappone, Circumferential Radiofrequency Ablation of Pulmonary Vein Ostia, Circulation, vol. 102, pp. 2619-2628, 2000.

Set11i, Transseptal Catheterization for the Electrophysiologist: Modification with a “View”, J . Interv. Card. Electrophysiol., vol. 5, pp. 97-99, 2001, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands. Thiagalingam, Cooled Needle Catheter Ablation Creates Deeper and Wider Lesions than Irrigated Tip Catheter Ablation, J . Cardiovasc. Electrophysiol., vol. 16, pp. 1-8, 2005.

U.S. Appl. No. 12/117,655, filed May 8, 2008 in the name of Saadat et al., Non-final Office Action mailed Jun. 8, 2009.

Willkampf, Radiofrequency Ablation with a Cooled Porous Electrode Cat11eter, JACC, vol. 11, No. 2, p. 17A, 1988.

U.S. Appl. No. 11/259,498, filed Oct. 25, 2005 in the name ofSaadat, Notice ofAllowance mailed Nov. 15, 2010, pp. 1-15.

U.S. Appl. No. 11/560,742, filed Nov. 16, 2006 in the name ofSaadat, Notice ofAllowance mailed Nov. 15, 2010, pp. 1-15.

U.S. Appl. No. 12/464,800, filed May 12, 2009 in the name ofPeh et al., non-final Office Action mailed Nov. 24, 2010, pp. 1-39.

U.S. Appl. No. 11/848,429, filed Aug. 31, 2007 in the name ofPeh et al., non-final Office Action mailed Nov. 24, 2010, pp. 1-46. European Patent Application No. 07812146 .4 filed Jun. 14, 2007 in the name of Voyage Medical, Inc., European Search Report mailed Nov. 18, 2010, pp. 1-8.

European Patent Application No. 077994663 filed Jul. 10, 2007 in the name of Voyage Medical, Inc., European Search Report mailed Nov. 18, 2010, pp. 1-9.

U.S.Appl. No. 11/560,732, filed Nov. 16, 2006,in the name ofSaadat, Notice ofAllowance mailed Feb. 3, 2011, pp. 1-24.

U.S. Appl. No. 12/117,655, filed May 8, 2008 in the name ofPeh et al., non-final Office Action mailed Dec. 16, 2010. pp. 1-10.

Cardiovasc. U.S. Appl. No. 12/026,455, filed Feb. 5, 2008 in the name of Saadat et al., non-final Office Action mailed Dec. 27, 2010, pp. 1-35. European Patent Application No. 06734083.6 filed Jan. 30, 2006 in the name of Voyage Medical, Inc., Office Action mailed Nov. 12, 2010, pp. 1-3.

U.S. Appl. No. 12/947,198, filedNov. 16, 2010 in the name ofSaadat, non-final Office Action mailed Feb. 18, 2011, pp. 1-41.

U.S. Appl. No. 11/687,597, filed Mar. 16, 2007 in the name ofSaadat, Notice ofAlloWance mailed Feb. 24, 2011, pp. 1-17.

U.S. Appl. No. 11/560,732, filed Mar. 16, 2007 in the name ofSaadat, Notice ofAlloWance mailed Feb. 24, 2011, pp. 1-10.

U.S. Appl. No. 11/848,207, filedAug. 30, 2007 in the name of Saadat et al., non-final Office Action mailed Feb. 25, 2011, pp. 1-39.

U.S. Appl. No. 11/560,742, filed Nov. 16, 2006 in the name ofSaadat, Notice ofAlloWance mailed Nov. 15, 2010, pp. 1-10.

U.S. Appl. No. 12/464,800, filed May 12, 2009 in the name ofPeh et al., non-final Office Action mailed Nov. 24, 2010, pp. 1-10. U.S.Appl.No.12/947,198,filedNov. 16, 2010 in the name ofSaadat, non-final Office Action mailed Feb. 18, 2011.

U.S. Appl. No. 11/687,597, filed Mar. 16, 2007 in the name ofSaadat, Notice ofAlloWance mailed Feb. 24, 2011.

Japanese Patent Application No. 2007-554156 filed Jan. 30, 2006 in the name of Voyage Medical, Inc., Office Action mailed Feb. 15, 2011.

European Patent Application No. 07758716.0 filed Mar. 16, 2007 in the name of Voyage Medical, Inc., Supplemental European Search Report mailed Feb. 28, 2011.

U.S. Appl. No. 11/763,399, filed Jun. 14, 2007 in the name ofSaadat et al., non-final Office Action mailed Apr. 11, 2011.

U.S. Appl. No. 12/499,011, filed Jul. 7, 2009 in the name ofRothe et al., non-final Office Action mailed Apr. 12, 2011.

U.S. Appl. No. 12/367,019, filed Feb. 6, 2009 in the name ofMiller et al., non-final Office Action mailed Apr. 22, 2011.

U.S. Appl. No. 11/959,158, filed Dec. 18, 2007 in the name ofSaadat et al., non-final Office Action mailed Apr. 25, 2011.

U.S. Appl. No. 11/848,532, filedAug. 3 1, 2007 in the name ofSaadat et al., non-final Office Action mailed Apr. 26, 2011.

U.S. Appl. No. 11/828,281, filed Jul. 25, 2007 in the name of Peh et al., non-final Office Action mailed Apr. 27, 2011.

U.S. Appl. No. 11/961,950, filed Dec. 20, 2007 in the name ofSaadat et al., non-final Office Action mailed May 9, 2011.

U.S. Appl. No. 11/961,995, filed Dec. 20, 2007 in the name ofSaadat et al., non-final Office Action mailed May 9, 2011.

U.S. Appl. No. 11/962,029, filed Dec. 20, 2007 in the name ofSaadat et al., non-final Office Action mailed May 9, 2011.

Japanese Patent Application No. 2009-500630 filed Mar. 16, 2007 in the name of Voyage Medical, Inc., Office Action mailed Apr. 27, 2011.

U.S. Appl. No. 11/775,771, filed Jul. 10, 2007 in the name of Saadat et al., final Office Action mailed May 12, 2011.

U.S. Appl. No. 11/877,386, filed Oct. 23, 2007 in the name ofSaadat et al., non-final Office Action mailed May 20, 2011.

U.S. Appl. No. 11/775,819, filed Jul. 10, 2007 in the name of Saadat et al., non-final Office Action mailed May 20, 2011.

U.S. Appl. No. 11/775,837, filed Jul. 10, 2007 in the name of Saadat et al., non-final Office Action mailed May 23, 2011.

U.S. Appl. No. 12/117,655, filed May 8, 2008 in the name ofPeh et al., final Office Action mailed Jun. 2, 2011.

U.S. Appl. No. 12/323,281, filed Nov. 25, 2008 in the name ofSaadat et al., non-final Office Action mailed Jun. 7, 2011.

Japanese Patent Application No. 2007-554156 filed Jan. 30, 2006 in the name of Voyage Medical, Inc., Notice of Allowance mailed Jun. 13, 2011.

* cited by examiner