Method and device to treat vulnerable plaque
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Sep 7, 2004
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Jul 24, 2003
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Jan 10, 2002
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Jan 10, 2002
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A method and device to treat cardiovascular vulnerable plaque is provided by heating an implanted structure placed adjacent to a vulnerable plaque tissue to conduct heat into the vulnerable plaque tissue for a period of time. In a preferred embodiment, the implanted structure is a stent-like structure (SLS), and the heating of the implanted structure is a non-invasive inductive heating. The detecting of the vulnerable plaque tissue can be accomplished by techniques, such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), infrared spectroscopy, thermography, blood tests, ultrasound, and X-ray, etc.
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