US 11,717,635 B2
Argon combined with thrombectomy in the event of ischaemic stroke
Géraldine Farjot, Les Loges en Josas (FR); Catherine Billoet, Gentilly (FR); Lionel Velly, Marseilles (FR); and Thomas Brochier, Marseilles (FR)
Assigned to L'Air Liquide, SociétéAnonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude, Paris (FR); Aix-Marseille Université, Marseilles (FR); and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris (FR)
Filed by L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude, Paris (FR); Aix-Marseille Universite, Marseilles (FR); and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris (FR)
Filed on Sep. 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/18,311.
Claims priority of application No. 1910063 (FR), filed on Sep. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0077767 A1, Mar. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 16/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61P 9/10 (2006.01); A61K 33/00 (2006.01); A61P 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 16/12 (2013.01) [A61B 17/22 (2013.01); A61K 9/0073 (2013.01); A61K 33/00 (2013.01); A61P 7/02 (2018.01); A61P 9/10 (2018.01); A61B 2017/22084 (2013.01); A61M 2202/02 (2013.01); A61M 2202/0208 (2013.01); A61M 2202/0241 (2013.01); A61M 2205/05 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for treating, reducing or resorbing brain lesions subsequent to an ischaemic stroke in an individual who subsequently undergoes a mechanical thrombectomy, said method comprising:
(a) administering a gaseous medicament containing Argon by inhalation after said ischaemic stroke,
(b) followed by performing the mechanical thrombectomy with a mechanical extraction of at least one portion of a blood clot resulting from the ischaemic stroke,
and in which the administration of the gaseous medicament containing Argon by inhalation:
i) is begun after an ischaemic stroke diagnosis, and
ii) is maintained throughout the thrombectomy,
characterized in that the gaseous medicament containing Argon is greater than 50% by volume Argon.