Patent Document ID: 20140072572
Application ID: 14003963
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of treating ischemia in a patient or reducing the risk of developing ischemia in a patient, wherein the patient has received or is receiving a medical procedure comprising contact with at least one of: (a) heart, (b) at least one blood vessel chosen from: the aorta, the aortic arch, a carotid artery, a coronary artery, brachiocephalic artery, vertebrobasilar circulation, intracranial arteries, renal artery, a hepatic artery, a mesenteric artery, and/or a blood vessel of the arterial system cranial to the heart, and/or (c) a venous blood vessel if the patient has a known septal defect; wherein the medical procedure comprises release of at least one embolus in at least one of said blood vessels in the body; the method comprising administering to the patient an amount of an inhibitor of Factor XII (FXII) effective to treat the ischemia, wherein the administering is performed before, during, and/or after the medical procedure.