Cyclic expansion tissue treatment programs and associated systems

US11541204B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• W.L. Gore & Associates GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Merrill J. Birdno · Flagstaff, US
• Mike A. Schmieder · Flagstaff, US
• Edward E. Shaw · Flagstaff, US
• Brandon C. Short · Bellemont, US
• Alireza Mashal · Middleton, US
• Matthew DeNardo · Melrose, US
• Franck J. Rubiconi · Milton Keynes, GB
• Linda M. Donoghue · Boston, US
• Serge Roux · Boston, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 25, 2019
• Grant date: Jan 3, 2023
• Expiry date: Oct 10, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2025/109
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

This disclosure relates generally to treatment programs utilizing expansion elements, such as those associated with occlusion and therapeutic agent delivery devices, systems, and methods. In some more specific examples, treatment programs include expansion-contraction cycles at a pre-selected frequency profile configured to treat a particular condition, such as calcification of an arterial conduit, for example.