Method and apparatus for demand injury in stimulating angiogenesis
CA 2389863 A1 · Owner: Mueller, Richard L. · Inventors: Chee, U. Hiram; Mueller, Richard L.
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Various methods and devices for treating a patient who has lost or is at risk , of losing cardiac function by cardiac ischemia are disclosed. Treatment includes first imaging a patient's heart or a portion thereof, to identify , underperfused regions of cardiac muscle and a source of oxygenated blood that is proximate to the underperfused region. Between the underperfused regions and the oxygenated blood source, a target area is selected where thermal or mechanical injury is introduced, and optionally reintroduced to convert , initial capillary blush, resulting from the injury.
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- Filed November 3, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 3, 2020.
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