×

Method of treating atherosclerotic occlusive disease

  • US 10,299,945 B2
  • Filed: 05/18/2018
  • Issued: 05/28/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A method of treating a blood vessel comprising:

  • advancing a delivery catheter loaded with multiple independently deployable self-expanding tacks to a treatment area including a dissection in the blood vessel surface;

    independently deploying two or more self-expanding tacks of the multiple independently deployable self-expanding tacks from the delivery catheter at the discretion of an operator to treat the dissection in the blood vessel surface, such that a vessel coverage area (C) of the deployed two or more self-expanding tacks divided by a Total Vessel Surface Area (TVS) of the treatment area has a ratio (C/TVS) of less than or equal to 60%, wherein the vessel coverage area is based on summation of an axial length measured from a distal-most end to a proximal-most end for each of the deployed two or more self-expanding tacks, and the Total Vessel Surface Area is based on a distance from a distal-most end to a proximal-most end of the treatment area.

View all claims
  • 3 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×