Ablation stent with meander structure
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1. An ablation stent comprising:
- an N-turn coil of an electrically conductive wire, wherein N is a positive number equal to or larger than one, and wherein the electrically conductive wire forms a meander structure and a first end of the electrically conductive wire is electrically connected to a second end of the electrically conductive wire to form a closed path.
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Abstract
Hypertension is treated in a patient by implanting an ablation stent in a renal artery of the patient. Energy is transmitted to the ablation stent to induce heating of the ablation stent, which causes ablation of a renal sympathetic nerve present on the outside of the portion of the renal artery comprising the ablation stent. A preferred ablation stent is in the form of an N-turn coil of an electrically conductive wire forming a meander structure. The respective ends of the wire are electrically connected to each other.
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1. An ablation stent comprising:
an N-turn coil of an electrically conductive wire, wherein N is a positive number equal to or larger than one, and wherein the electrically conductive wire forms a meander structure and a first end of the electrically conductive wire is electrically connected to a second end of the electrically conductive wire to form a closed path. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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