Joe E. Brown,Marja Pauliina Margolis,Mary L. Gaddis
申请号：
US13340573
公开号：
US20120220982A1
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 or associated symptoms. In one series of embodiments, the invention consists of methods and devices for identifying patients whose Multiple Sclerosis or associated symptoms are caused or exacerbated, at least in part, by blockages of one or more of the patients internal jugular veins (IJV) or azygous veins (AZV). 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 IJV or AZV veins are provided.
