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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING RENAL BLOOD PRESSURE

  • US 20100125288A1
  • Filed: 11/17/2009
  • Published: 05/20/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for treating renal dysfunction in a patient with abnormally high blood pressure by controllably reducing renal perfusion pressure in the patient, the method comprising:

  • implanting a device in the patient to partially and controllably constrict a renal artery;

    adjusting, externally of the body, a degree of constriction applied by the device to the renal artery, andcontrolling the degree of construction by the device to maintain the degree within a predetermined physiological range.

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