A DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ALTERING BLOOD FLOW CHARACTERISTICS IN A VESSEL

A device (15, 50, 55, 60, 100, 200) for altering blood flow characteristics in a vessel (20), the device (15, 50, 55, 60, 100, 200) comprising: a cuff (10) configured to be surgically positioned around a portion of the vessel (20); a first pad (40) located on an internal wall of the cuff (10), where...

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Hauptverfasser:	MILIJASEVIC, Zoran, UJHAZY, Anthony, CELERMAJER, David Stephen
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS DIAGNOSIS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES SURGERY TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	A device (15, 50, 55, 60, 100, 200) for altering blood flow characteristics in a vessel (20), the device (15, 50, 55, 60, 100, 200) comprising: a cuff (10) configured to be surgically positioned around a portion of the vessel (20); a first pad (40) located on an internal wall of the cuff (10), wherein the pad (40): locally reduces a cross-sectional area of a passageway (25) extending through the cuff (10) and/or defines a passageway (25) within the cuff (10) which is non-linear.