Methods and devices for renal nerve blocking
CA 2575458 C · Owner: Medtronic Af Luxembourg S.A.R.L. · Inventors: Levin, Howard R.; Gelfand, Mark
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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 (105) or a drug eluding implant for targeted delivery of a nerve-blocking agent to the periarterial space of the renal artery.
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- Filed November 17, 2004 and granted June 2, 2015. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 17, 2024.
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