2 results about "Elastic fibres" patented technology

The application belongs to the technical field of biological medicine, and relates to application of a CXCL14 inhibitor in preparation of a drug for preventing or treating abdominal aortic aneurysm of a patient. The inhibitor effectively eliminates the gender difference of abdominal aortic aneurysm by specifically blocking the combination of CXCL14 and its receptor CXCR4, significantly reduces aortic macrophage infiltration and PDGFRA + macrophage accumulation in the progress of abdominal aortic aneurysm, reduces the degree of collagen degradation and elastic fiber damage, and thus inhibits the pathological progress of abdominal aortic aneurysm. The application provides a new target and drug combination for precise treatment of male abdominal aortic aneurysm, and has clear clinical application value.

A vascular treatment device for use in a vessel includes a catheter and a microvalve occluder. The occluder includes braided elastic strands, each with a proximal portion, a central portion, and a distal portion, that are fixed to the outer surface of the catheter. The elastic strands. In an embodiment, the distal portions are attached circumferentially about an outer surface of the catheter at a location toward the distal end of the catheter, the central portions extend proximal and radially outward from the distal end, and the proximal portions of the strands are inverted back radially within the central portions are and coupled circumferentially about the outer surface of the catheter at a location proximally displaced from the distal portions. The proximal portion of the microvalve is coated in a fluid-impermeable membrane, and the distal portions of the strands are substantially uncoated.