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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2015
Applicant:
Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Inventors:
Louis C Argenta, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
David L Carroll, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Nicole H Levi, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Michael J Morykwas, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
James Eric Jordan, Clemmons, NC (US);
William D Wagner, Clemmons, NC (US);
Jie Liu, Woodbury, MN (US);
Assignee:
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/30 (2006.01); A61F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61F 13/00068 (2013.01); A61M 1/0088 (2013.01); A61B 90/06 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00243 (2013.01); A61B 2017/306 (2013.01); A61B 2090/064 (2016.02); A61F 2013/0028 (2013.01); A61M 1/0031 (2013.01); A61M 1/0037 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1082 (2013.01); A61M 2210/125 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for treating cardiac tissue to modulate ischemic heart tissue with topical sub-atmospheric pressure to minimize cell death and damage.