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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2004
Michel Letort, Prevessins, FR;
Jeff Elkins, Woodside, CA (US);
Michel Letort, Prevessins, FR;
Jeff Elkins, Woodside, CA (US);
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
An aneurysmal sac arterial wall electrostimulation system () comprises an array of electrical leads (and) placeable in contact with a portion of the arterial wall () to be electrostimulated and a source () of electrostimulation attached to the array of electrical leads. The source provides periodic electrostimulus to at least one of the array of leads in accordance with a treatment program and at least one of the array of leads senses the contraction condition of the aneurysmal sac arterial wall () which is provided as a feedback loop input signal to the treatment program. Repeated electrostimulation of a vascular passage using the system () provides increased muscle tone or pseudo permanent contraction of such vascular passage.