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Methods for renal nerve blocking

  • US 9,192,715 B2
  • Filed: 03/21/2014
  • Issued: 11/24/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for treatment of a human patient diagnosed with hypertension, the method comprising:

  • positioning a catheter in a periarterial space of a renal artery and proximate a renal nerve of the patient; and

    delivering a nerve blocking agent via the catheter to inhibit neural traffic along the renal nerve,wherein delivering the nerve blocking agent results in a therapeutically beneficial reduction in blood pressure of the patient.

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