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.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 1, 2019
Date of Patent:
April 19, 2022
Assignee:
ExploraMed Development, LLC
Inventors:
Joshua Makower, Earl A. Bright, II, Theodore M. Bender, Joseph Catanese, III, John Y. Chang, Thomas King, Clinton Slone, Theodore C. Lamson, Aziz Imraan