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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 29, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth W Cox, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Brad Borgard, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Assignee:
Sulzer Carbomedics Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600 12 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for treating and preventing arteriosclerosis includes a magnet located inside the human body adjacent an artery. The magnet generates magnetic flux through the artery. At least a portion of the magnetic flux has a component perpendicular to the direction of blood flow through the artery.