Patent ID: 7513879

Claim:
A method for treating a body part of a human diagnosed with arterial atherosclerosis to achieve one of increased arterial elasticity and a flattening of arterial plaque within the body part, the method comprising: a) selecting a human subject having arterial atherosclerosis in a body part, the body part being a thigh; b) administering momentary vacuum therapy to the thigh of the human subject, the administering of momentary vacuum therapy to the thigh being administered a sufficiently long period of time to achieve one of increased arterial elasticity and a flattening of arterial plaque within the thigh; and c) the method being performed with the use of a tourniquet on a distal part of the thigh of the human subject on which the momentary vacuum therapy is being administered, and the method being performed with noninvasive angioplasty.