Methods of Identifying Venous Outflow Obstruction Sites in Multiple Sclerosis, Deep Vein Thrombosis, and Pulmonary Embolism Patients and Associated Devices and Systems
Joe E. Brown,Marja Pauliina Margolis,Mary L. Gaddis
申请号：
US13340588
公开号：
US20120220868A1
申请日:
2011.12.29
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要：
Methods and devices are disclosed that, in various embodiments and permutations and combinations of inventions, diagnose and treat Multiple Sclerosis, Deep Vein Thrombosis, and/or Pulmonary Embolism or symptoms associated with these maladies. In one series of embodiments, the invention consists of methods and devices for identifying patients whose Multiple Sclerosis, Deep Vein Thrombosis, and/or Pulmonary Embolism or associated symptoms are caused or exacerbated, at least in part, by blockages of one or more of the patients veins. In some instances, stenoses or other flow limiting structures or lesions in the patients affected veins are identified. Further, in some instances the nature of such lesions and whether there is a significant disruption of blood pressure, or both, is ascertained. In some embodiments, methods and devices for applying one or more therapies to the blockages in the patients veins are provided.
