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Methods for catheter-based renal neuromodulation

  • US 9,327,122 B2
  • Filed: 02/02/2015
  • Issued: 05/03/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for catheter-based renal neuromodulation, the method comprising:

  • intravascularly positioning an electrode of a catheter within renal vasculature of a human patient and proximate to neural fibers that innervate a kidney of the patient; and

    delivering an electric field between the electrode and a ground pad coupled to an exterior of the patient, thereby thermally inhibiting neural communication along the neural fibers,wherein delivering the electric field and thermally inhibiting neural communication along the neural fibers results in a therapeutically beneficial reduction in blood pressure of the patient.

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