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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2008
Thomas J. Stegmann, Petersberg, DE;
Kenneth A. Thomas, Chatham, NJ (US);
John W. Jacobs, Amarillo, TX (US);
Tugan Muftuler, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Shadfar Bahri, Irvine, CA (US);
Hon Yu, Irvine, CA (US);
Vance Gardner, Irvine, CA (US);
Thomas J. Stegmann, Petersberg, DE;
Kenneth A. Thomas, Chatham, NJ (US);
John W. Jacobs, Amarillo, TX (US);
Tugan Muftuler, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Shadfar Bahri, Irvine, CA (US);
Hon Yu, Irvine, CA (US);
Vance Gardner, Irvine, CA (US);
Cardiovascular Biotherapeutics, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to methods for the diagnosis, amelioration, and treatment of back pain, particularly lumbar back pain, in particular, back pain caused by muscular abnormalities, vertebral body osteoporosis, and disc degeneration. Patients with back pain are categorized into specific subsets that are deemed to have potential to respond to therapy. In particular, the invention includes a therapy involving stimulation of neovascularization so as to increase perfusion of various spine compartments.