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Method and apparatus to reduce injury to the vascular system

  • US 5,409,444 A
  • Filed: 03/04/1992
  • Issued: 04/25/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/04/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of reducing the magnitude of systolic blood pressure of a living being by the use of passive pressure absorption means comprising a first chamber having a gas therein pressurizing said chamber to a predetermined internal pressure, said chamber being expandable to an expanded state and contractible to a contracted state, and vice versa, said method comprising locating said first chamber within the body of said being at a desired situs to subject said first chamber to the being'"'"'s blood pressure, whereupon during systole said first chamber contracts from said expanded state to said contracted state to thereby reduce the magnitude of the systolic pressure, said first chamber expanding to said expanded stated during diastole, whereupon said first chamber releases an absorbed portion of said systolic blood pressure.

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