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Methods and systems for renal neuromodulation

  • US 9,980,766 B1
  • Filed: 03/13/2015
  • Issued: 05/29/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of treating hypertension in a human patient having a systolic blood pressure at or above 140 mm Hg, the method comprising:

  • inserting a mechanical device through vasculature of the human patient to a renal blood vessel;

    pressing a distal portion of the mechanical device against an interior wall of the renal blood vessel, whereby the distal portion imparts mechanical force against the interior wall in a manner that at least partially disrupts function of renal neural fibers without delivery of electrical energy to the renal neural fibers,wherein disrupting function of the renal neural fibers results in a therapeutically beneficial decrease in blood pressure of the patient; and

    removing the mechanical device from the renal blood vessel after pressing the device against the interior wall.

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