Methods for modifying vascular vessel walls
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1. A method of treating a patient to modify a vascular vessel having a defect, the method comprising:
- accessing a treatment site proximate to a defect in a vascular vessel; and
introducing a remodelable biomaterial into a vessel wall or externally of a vessel wall at the treatment site;
wherein the remodelable biomaterial is effective to shrink as a result of remodeling so as to reshape the vascular vessel.
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Abstract
This invention relates in one aspect to the treatment of a vascular vessel with a biomaterial. The biomaterial can be a remodelable material that strengthens and/or supports the vessel walls. Additionally the biomaterial can include a variety of naturally occurring or added bioactive agents and/or viable cellular populations.
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1. A method of treating a patient to modify a vascular vessel having a defect, the method comprising:
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accessing a treatment site proximate to a defect in a vascular vessel; and introducing a remodelable biomaterial into a vessel wall or externally of a vessel wall at the treatment site; wherein the remodelable biomaterial is effective to shrink as a result of remodeling so as to reshape the vascular vessel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of treating a patient with a vascular defect, said method comprising:
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introducing a delivery device through the patient'"'"'s vasculature to a treatment site proximate to the vascular defect; and delivering a remodelable biomaterial into or externally of a wall of the vessel at the treatment site; wherein the remodelable biomaterial is effective to shrink as a result of remodeling so as to reshape the vascular vessel. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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- 38. A method for treating a vascular vessel in a patient comprising introducing a remodelable biomaterial into or externally of a wall of the vessel in a region proximate to an aneurysm or other wall defect, wherein the remodelable biomaterial is effective to shrink as a result of remodeling so as to reshape the vascular vessel.
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