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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Metavention, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Inventors:
Bobak Robert Azamian, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Scott Bradley Vafai, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Metavention, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61N 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/06 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/20 (2006.01); A61M 5/14 (2006.01); A61K 31/045 (2006.01); A61K 31/05 (2006.01); A61K 31/395 (2006.01); A61K 33/30 (2006.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/02 (2013.01); A61B 17/00 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 17/32 (2013.01); A61B 17/320068 (2013.01); A61B 18/04 (2013.01); A61B 18/06 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 18/18 (2013.01); A61B 18/1815 (2013.01); A61B 18/20 (2013.01); A61B 18/24 (2013.01); A61K 9/0019 (2013.01); A61K 31/045 (2013.01); A61K 31/05 (2013.01); A61K 31/395 (2013.01); A61K 33/30 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01); A61M 5/14 (2013.01); A61N 1/0551 (2013.01); A61N 5/00 (2013.01); A61N 7/00 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00318 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0022 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00023 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00214 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00404 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00434 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00529 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00732 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00791 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00839 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00994 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0212 (2013.01); A61B 2018/048 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1861 (2013.01); A61N 7/022 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to some embodiments, a method of treating a subject having diabetes or symptoms associated with diabetes is provided. The method includes delivering a neuromodulation catheter within a vessel (e.g., hepatic artery) having surrounding nerves that innervate the liver (e.g., sympathetic nerves of the hepatic plexus). The method may also include modulating (e.g., disrupting, ablating, stimulating) the nerves by mechanical compression, energy delivery, or fluid delivery.