Method of treating a stiffened blood vessel
AssigneeUnisearch Limited
InventorsRonald Gilles, Peter Walsh, Jim Iliopoulos, Alberto Avolio, William Walsh, Michael O'Rourke
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Abstract
A method of treating a stiffened blood vessel (2) is disclosed. The method comprises at least substantially encasing a portion of the blood vessel (2) with an elastic membrane (6) formed of biocompatible material such the membrane (6) engages the blood vessel (2) to thereby reduce the diameter of the blood vessel (2).
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A method of treating a stiffened blood vessel, said method comprising at least substantially encasing a stiffened portion of said blood vessel with an elastic membrane formed of biocompatible material such that said membrane engages said stiffened portion of said blood vessel to thereby reduce the external diameter of said stiffened portion of said blood vessel.
A method of treating a blood vessel, said blood vessel having a native tissue portion and a synthetic portion grafted in line with said native tissue portion, said synthetic portion having a greater stiffness than the stiffness of said native tissue portion, said method comprising at least substantially encasing said synthetic portion with an elastic membrane formed of biocompatible material such that said membrane engages said synthetic portion to thereby reduce the external diameter of said synthetic portion.
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