Abrégé

The present invention is a device for improving the aortic vessel recoil and overcoming aortic stiffness to provide a therapy to improve heart function and decrease high blood pressure, said device being an Intraluminal Pressure Dampening and Energy Recoil Device (IPDERD), an implantable device within a tubular or sac wall of said vessel in a human or animal body, said device including a changeable volume portion which is adapted to interact with said vessel so as to modify the volume within said vessel; and an energy storage means functioning with said changeable volume portion whereby a decrease in the volume of said changeable volume portion creates a pressure or energy charge in said energy storage means, said pressure or energy charge being able to be subsequently released to cause said changeable volume portion to increase in volume, said device including a fixation feature such as a stent for fixation and a changeable volume feature such as a balloon for dampening and counterpulsating. The present invention further provides a method of treating a vessel in a human or animal body, said method including the steps of: preparing a patient; identifying a site in said vessel requiring treatment; positioning an Intraluminal Pressure Dampening and Energy Recoil Device (IPDERD), an implantable device within a portion of tubular or sac wall of said vessel at said site.

Classes IPC  ?

• A61F 2/06 - Vaisseaux sanguins
• A61B 17/00 - Instruments, dispositifs ou procédés chirurgicaux
• A61M 25/00 - CathétersSondes creuses
• A61M 25/01 - Introduction, guidage, avance, mise en place ou maintien en position des cathéters
• A61M 39/02 - Voies d'accès
• A61M 60/139 - Pompes ou dispositifs de pompage implantables, c.-à-d. que le sang est pompé à l’intérieur du corps du patient implantables par, dans, à l’intérieur, en ligne, se ramifiant dans ou autour d’un vaisseau sanguin à l’intérieur d’un vaisseau sanguin, p. ex. par greffe à l’intérieur de l’aorte, p. ex. pompes à ballon intra-aortiques
• A61M 60/295 - Pompes à ballon pour assistance circulatoire
• A61M 60/468 - Détails concernant l’entraînement pour des dispositifs d’actionnement circulatoire mécanique la force agissant sur les moyens d’actionnement étant hydraulique ou pneumatique
• A61M 60/497 - Détails concernant l’entraînement pour les pompes à ballon d’assistance circulatoire