Deep vein thrombosis therapeutic methods
AssigneeVolcano Corporation
InventorsJohn Unser, Joseph Edward Brown, Marja P. Margolis, Mary Lynn Gaddis
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Abstract
The invention provides methods for diagnosing and treating deep vein thrombosis and other conditions associated with occluded or constricted vessels. According to certain aspects, methods of the invention involve inserting a sensing device into a vessel having a thrombus therein, assessing, with the sensing device, one or more functional parameters within the vessel, determining an interventional therapy for treating the thrombus based on the assessing step; and performing the interventional therapy.
Claims20
A method for treating deep vein thrombosis, the method comprising
- inserting a sensing device into a vessel having a thrombus therein;
- assessing, with the sensing device, one or more functional parameters within the vessel;
- performing an interventional therapy for treating the thrombus based on the assessing step;
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- monitoring the one or more functional parameters during the interventional therapy.
A method for treating deep vein thrombosis, the method comprising
- inserting a sensing guidewire into a vessel having a thrombus therein, wherein the sensing guidewire comprises one or more data collectors located on a distal housing of the sensing guidewire;
- measuring, with the sensing guidewire, one or more functional parameters within the vessel;
- comparing the measured functional parameters against one or more reference levels;
- performing an interventional therapy for treating the thrombus based on the comparing step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.