Leland Stanford Junior University

Rox Medical, Inc.

Peter N Kao

John L Faul

Toshihiko Nishimura

Ronald G Pearl

Glenn D Rosen

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A long-term implantable arterio-venous shunt device or creation of a fistula is provided that can be used as a therapeutic method for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The shunt device is implanted between an artery and a vein, preferably between a peripheral artery and the inferior vena cava. The shunt device and method of creating a fistula increases cardiac output and decreases the systemic vascular resistance and allows a blood flow rate through the shunt device of at least 5 ml/min after the implantation. Based on the effects of the method and device to the respiratory, cardiac and circulatory system, the method and device are beneficial as a therapy to patients with problems or conditions related to these systems.

Implantable arterio-venous shunt devices and methods for their use

Therapeutic method for treatment of hypertension

A long-term implantable arterio-venous shunt device is provided that can be used as a therapeutic method. The shunt device is implanted between an artery and a vein, preferably between the aorta and the inferior vena cava. The shunt device decreases the systemic vascular resistance and allows a blood flow rate through the shunt device of at least 5 ml/min after the implantation. The blood flow rate could be controlled either via an open loop or a closed loop control means. The shunt device could also be a self-adjustable shunt device to self-adjust its structure to control the blood flow rate through its lumen. Based on the effects of the shunt device to the respiratory, cardiac and circulatory system, the implantable shunt device could be beneficial as a therapy to patients with problems or conditions related to these systems.

Arterio-venous shunt devices

Beverage container device

Juice bottle

A synergistic combination of ligands that interact with death domain receptors, and diterpenoid triepoxides is used to increase tumor cell killing by induction of apoptosis. Ligands useful in the invention include TRAIL, TNF-&agr;, analogs thereof, stabilized multimers thereof, mimetics, etc. Of particular interest are combined therapy with the diterpenoid triepoxides triptolide and derivatives and analogs thereof.

Combined therapy of diterpenoid triepoxides and death domain receptor ligands for synergistic killing of tumor cells

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Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

Peter N Kao