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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
May. 26, 1998
Todd H. Turnlund, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
William L. Sweet, Mountain View, CA (US);
IsoStent, Inc., Belmont, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for increasing the rate of thrombus formation and/or proliferative cell growth of a selected region (,) of cellular tissue (,) including the step of endovascularly irradiating the selected region (,) with radiation, having a dose range of endovascular radiation of about 1 Gy to about 600 Gy at a low dose rate of about 1 cGy/hr to about 320 cGy/hr, to increase thrombus formation and/or cell proliferation of the affected selected region (,). Preferably, the delivery means includes a deformable endovascular prosthesis (,) adapted for secured positioning adjacent to the selected region (,) of cellular tissue (,), and a radioactive source. This source cooperates with the deformable endovascular device (,) in a manner endovascularly irradiating the selected region with radiation, having the above-indicated dose range and low dose rate of endovascular radiation to increase thrombus formation and/or cell proliferation of the affected selected region (,).