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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2019
Apertomed Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Joshua Makower, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Earl A. Bright, II, Los Altos, CA (US);
Theodore M. Bender, San Anselmo, CA (US);
Joseph Catanese, III, San Leandro, CA (US);
John Y. Chang, Los Altos, CA (US);
Thomas King, Redwood City, CA (US);
Clinton Slone, San Francisco, CA (US);
Theodore C. Lamson, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Aziz Imraan, Oakland, CA (US);
ExploraMed Development, LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices for relieving stenoses in, or otherwise improving blood flow through, body lumens. Although applicable in a variety of different body lumens, the methods and devices of this invention are specifically useable for relieving stenoses in, or otherwise improving blood flow through, veins which drain blood from the brain for treatment of multiple sclerosis or other neurodegenerative disorders that are caused, triggered or exacerbated by venous occlusion or venous insufficiency.