Patent ID: 7503322
Filing Date: 2009-03-17
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
1. A method for increasing a ratio of Cd4/CD8 lymphocytes, reducing a viral load and restoring an immune system, including lymph node architecture, of a person infected with at least one virus, including HIV, wherein the person is placed in a hyperbaric chamber and exposed to one or more gases at one or more atmospheric pressures for one or more time-periods, wherein the one or more gases is nitrogen, surface air, an inert gas, nitrous oxide or another anesthetic, the method comprising the steps of: selecting the one or more gases to be used in the hyperbaric chamber; selecting the one or more pressures to be used in the hyperbaric chamber; selecting the one or more time-periods that the patient is exposed to the selected gas(es) and pressure(s) while in the hyperbaric chamber; placing the patient in, or having the patient enter, the hyperbaric chamber wherein monitoring of the patient's vital signs may optionally be provided; and, exposing the patient to the selected one or more gases, at the selected one or more pressures for the selected one or more time-periods.