Title:
多発性硬化症、深部静脈血栓症、肺塞栓症患者の診断および治療のための方法、装置、およびシステム
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2014507201
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
Methods and devices are disclosed that, in various embodiments and permutations and combinations of inventions, diagnose and treat Pulmonary Embolism or associated symptoms. In one series of embodiments, the invention consists of methods and devices for identifying patients whose Pulmonary Embolism or associated symptoms are caused or exacerbated, at least in part, by blockages of one or more of the patient's internal pulmonary veins. In some instances, stenoses or other flow limiting structures or lesions in the patient's affected veins are identified. Further, in some instances the nature of such lesions and whether there is a significant disruption of blood pressure, or both, is ascertained. In some embodiments, methods and devices for applying one or more therapies to the blockages in the patient's pulmonary veins are provided.
Inventors:
Brown, joseph edward
Marja Paulina, Margolis
Gaddis, Mary Lynn
Marja Paulina, Margolis
Gaddis, Mary Lynn
Application Number:
JP2013547665A
Publication Date:
March 27, 2014
Filing Date:
December 29, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Volcano Corporation
International Classes:
A61B8/12; A61F2/958; A61B1/00; A61B5/0205; A61B5/0295; A61B6/00; A61B10/00; A61B17/00; A61B18/02; A61B18/12; A61B18/20; G01T1/161
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shinjiro Ono
Yasushi Kobayashi
Shigeo Takeuchi
Osamu Yamamoto
Wataru Kitakita
Yasushi Kobayashi
Shigeo Takeuchi
Osamu Yamamoto
Wataru Kitakita