US 11,986,188 B2
Implantable damping devices for treating dementia and associated systems and methods of use
David Stephen Celermajer, Vaucluse (AU); Anthony John Ujhazy, East Lindfield (AU); Michael Wallace, Pleasanton, CA (US); Zoran Milijasevic, Bayview (AU); Johnathon Choi, West Pennant Hills (AU); and Jarred Shein, Bondi Beach (AU)
Assigned to THE BRAIN PROTECTION COMPANY PTY LTD, Paddington (AU)
Filed by The Brain Protection Company PTY LTD, Paddington (AU)
Filed on Dec. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/541,448.
Application 17/541,448 is a continuation of application No. 15/752,211, granted, now 11,224,433, previously published as PCT/AU2016/050734, filed on Aug. 12, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/341,575, filed on May 25, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 2015903253 (AU), filed on Aug. 13, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0233200 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/11 (2006.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61F 2/848 (2013.01)
CPC A61B 17/12109 (2013.01) [A61B 17/11 (2013.01); A61B 17/12036 (2013.01); A61B 17/12136 (2013.01); A61B 17/12172 (2013.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1107 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1132 (2013.01); A61B 17/1214 (2013.01); A61B 17/12181 (2013.01); A61F 2002/068 (2013.01); A61F 2/848 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A method of treating an artery, comprising:
positioning a damping device along the artery so that (a) a structural member of the damping device has a helical shape about the artery and (b) a damping member of the damping device at least partially contacts an outer surface of the artery;
wherein the damping member is coupled to the structural member; and
wherein the damping member and/or the structural member deforms in response to a wavefront of blood passing through the artery and thereby attenuates energy of the wavefront.