Methods and devices for renal nerve blocking
US6978174B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 28, 2004 |
| Grant date | Dec 20, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 28, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N1/3627
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and apparatus for treatment of cardiac and renal diseases associated with the elevated sympathetic renal nerve activity by implanting a device to block the renal nerve signals to and from the kidney. The device can be a drug pump eluting implant for targeted delivery of a nerve-blocking agent to the periarterial space of the renal artery.
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