Modifying fluid flow in a body vessel lumen to promote intraluminal flow-sensitive processes
First Claim
1. A method of treating a medical condition comprising:
- implanting a flow-modifying device to substantially prevent blood flow toward the heart through a venous valve;
where the flow-modifying device substantially occludes fluid flow through the venous valve.
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Abstract
The present invention, in one embodiment, provides an implantable intraluminal fluid flow control system comprising an interface and a flow-modifying device positioned at a flow-modifying effective distance from the interface within the lumen of a body vessel. In one embodiment, the invention relates to maintaining, regulating or varying the fluid flow within a body vessel to preserve, promote, alter or enhance remodeling of tissue at the interface. Remodeling can include the resorption and replacement of implanted remodelable material with autologous tissue. The interface can comprise remodelable material such as small intestine submucosa. In one embodiment, one or more interfaces are positioned at flow-modifying effective distances from one or more flow-modifying devices. Related medical devices, kits and methods of treatment are also provided in some embodiments.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of treating a medical condition comprising:
- implanting a flow-modifying device to substantially prevent blood flow toward the heart through a venous valve;
where the flow-modifying device substantially occludes fluid flow through the venous valve. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- implanting a flow-modifying device to substantially prevent blood flow toward the heart through a venous valve;
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9. A method of treating a medical condition comprising:
- implanting a flow-modifying device at a distance from an interface within the lumen of a body cavity effective to modify fluid flow at the interface;
where the interface comprises a remodelable material. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
- implanting a flow-modifying device at a distance from an interface within the lumen of a body cavity effective to modify fluid flow at the interface;
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20. A medical device comprising:
- a housing member defining an interior passage, and enclosing a flow-modifying device separated from an interface by a distance effective to modify fluid flow at the interface measured along the interior passage.
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