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Renal pump

  • US 10,039,874 B2
  • Filed: 03/13/2014
  • Issued: 08/07/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • identifying a subject as suffering from a condition selected from the group consisting of;

    cardiac dysfunction, congestive heart failure, reduced renal blood flow, increased renal vascular resistance, arterial hypertension, and kidney dysfunction; and

    in response thereto, reducing blood pressure within a renal vein of the subject, by placing an impeller inside the subject'"'"'s renal vein and activating the impeller to pump blood from the renal vein into a vena cava of the subject.

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