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US 7,118,567 B2Granted
Method for treating vulnerable plaque
AssigneeMedtronic Vascular, Inc.
InventorMaura G. Donovan
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Abstract
A method for treating a vulnerable plaque associated with a blood vessel of a patient is disclosed. The method includes positioning an electrical lead adjacent a vulnerable plaque lesion, and then delivering at least one electrical pulse to the lesion.
Claims15
A method of treating vulnerable plaque, the method comprising:
- positioning an electrical lead adjacent a vulnerable plaque lesion in a vessel;
- and
- delivering at least one electrical pulse from the electrical lead to the vulnerable plaque lesion, wherein the pulse is delivered for a time period sufficient to thicken a fibrous cap of the lesion.
A method of treating vulnerable plaque comprising:
- directing at least one electrical pulse toward a vulnerable plaque lesion for a sufficient time period to thicken a fibrous cap of the vulnerable plaque lesion.
A method of treating vulnerable plaque comprising:
- directing at least one electrical pulse toward a vulnerable plaque lesion for a sufficient time period to increase capillary growth near the vulnerable plaque.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.