Methods for treating abnormal growths in the body using a flow reducing implant
AssigneeNeovasc Medical Ltd.
InventorsShmuel Ben-Muvhar, Ilan Shalev, Jonathan Tsehori, Nissim Darvish
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Abstract
A flow reducing implant for reducing blood flow in a blood vessel having a cross sectional dimension, the flow reducing implant comprising a hollow element adapted for placement in the blood vessel defining a flow passage therethrough, said flow passage comprising at least two sections, one with a larger diameter and one with a smaller diameter, wherein said smaller diameter is smaller than a cross section of the blood vessel. A plurality of tabs anchor, generally parallel to the blood vessel wall, are provided in some embodiments of the invention.
Claims1
A method of treating a blood flow problem in a limb of a patient, said method comprising:
- identifying a vein in the limb having the blood flow problem;
- inserting a flow reducing implant into the vein;
- radially expanding the flow reducing implant;
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- reducing flow in the vein with the flow reducing implant thereby redistributing blood in the leg and triggering angiogenesis or expansion of existing blood vessels in the leg.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.