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Prosthetic renal valve

  • US 9,597,205 B2
  • Filed: 06/06/2013
  • Issued: 03/21/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • identifying a subject as suffering from a condition that causes the subject to have elevated renal venous pressure even in an absence of a condition that causes renal venous pressure of the subject to be elevated due to pressure being exerted on the subject'"'"'s renal vein through walls of the subject'"'"'s renal vein from a location outside the renal vein; and

    in response thereto, reducing blood pressure within a renal vein of the subject relative to the subject'"'"'s central venous pressure, by placing a device at least partially within the subject'"'"'s renal vein, the device being configured, in a passive manner, to reduce venous pressure within the subject'"'"'s renal vein relative to central venous pressure of the subject.

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