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Methods for monopolar renal neuromodulation

  • US 9,468,497 B2
  • Filed: 03/14/2016
  • Issued: 10/18/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for treating hypertension in a human patient via renal denervation, the method comprising:

  • intravascularly placing a monopolar electrode at least substantially proximate to a post-ganglionic nerve that innervates a kidney of a patient;

    electrically coupling a ground electrode to an exterior of the patient; and

    delivering an electric field between the monopolar electrode and the ground electrode such that the resulting electric field attenuates neural communication along the post-ganglionic nerve,wherein delivering the electric field results in a therapeutically beneficial reduction in blood pressure of the patient.

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