Patent ID: 11957854
Assignee: CORFLOW THERAPEUTICS AG
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A system for treating myocardial microvascular obstruction (MVO), the system comprising:
a catheter comprising a distal region, a proximal region, and a balloon disposed at the distal region, the distal region of the catheter sized and shaped to be positioned in a myocardial vessel supplying blood to a patient's myocardium;
at least one pressure sensor configured to generate sensor data corresponding to at least one of pressure inside the catheter or pressure outside the catheter distal to the balloon; and
a pump assembly coupled to the proximal region of the catheter, the pump assembly comprising at least one reservoir containing injectate, the pump assembly configured to pump injectate from the at least one reservoir through the catheter at a flow rate and responsive to the sensor data,
wherein the pump assembly further is configured to reduce the flow rate to zero to allow compression of microvasculature caused by natural myocardial contraction to draw the injectate into occluded myocardial vessels to promote mixing of the injectate with obstructing matter causing MVO.