Anti-stenotic method and product for occluded and partially occluded arteries
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1. A method of restoring reduced or absent blood flow capacity to an artery in a patient, comprising the steps of:
- excavating plaque and the like from within a segment of an artery;
placing a vascular graft at a location within and as an internal lining for the artery at least co-extensive with the excavated segment;
securing the vascular graft within said artery at said location.
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Abstract
Methods of artificially lining a vessel, especially an artery, of a medical patient to address the existence of a flow-inhibiting atheroma and to significantly alleviate the probability of restenosis, and the resulting products.
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1. A method of restoring reduced or absent blood flow capacity to an artery in a patient, comprising the steps of:
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excavating plaque and the like from within a segment of an artery;
placing a vascular graft at a location within and as an internal lining for the artery at least co-extensive with the excavated segment;
securing the vascular graft within said artery at said location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 74, 75)
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64. A method of restoring lost blood flow capacity to an artery of a medical patient, comprising the steps of:
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enlarging the flow path size of a plaque-ridden segment of an artery;
placing a vascular lining within the artery at least in part co-extensive with a portion of the segment;
securing the vascular graft within said artery at said location. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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76. A method of lining a vessel of a medical patient to alleviate reduced blood flow, comprising the steps of:
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introducing a vascular graft material into the interior of a vessel;
placing the vascular graft material within the vessel at a predetermined arterial site;
causing adherence between the vascular graft material and the vessel at the site. - View Dependent Claims (77, 78, 79)
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80. A method of lining a vessel of a medical patient, comprising the steps of:
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enlarging the flow path size of a segment of a vessel;
placing a vascular lining at a location within the vessel at the segment;
securing the vascular lining to the inside of the vessel at said location.
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81. A method of lining a vessel of a medical patient, comprising the steps of:
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treating the flow path interior of a vessel;
placing a vascular lining at a location within the vessel at the segment;
securing the vascular graft to the inside of the vessel at said location.
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- 82. A vascular graft disposed in a vessel comprising a generally cylindrically-shaped hollow member comprising an outside surface contiguous with the vessel, an inside surface defining a stenosis-resistant blood flow path lumen and at least one adherence site securing the cylindrically-shaped hollow member to the vessel.
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