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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2017
Pacesetter, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rupinder Bharmi, Canyon County, CA (US);
Stuart Rosenberg, Castaic, CA (US);
Ryan Rooke, La Mesa, CA (US);
Edward Karst, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Taraneh Ghaffari Farazi, San Jose, CA (US);
Pacesetter, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Described herein are methods, devices, and systems for treating human anemia. The methods, devices, and systems generally include monitoring a patient's hemoglobin level and at least one of autonomic balance and inflammatory state to determine the etiology of the anemic state, modulating at least one of a sympathetic or parasympathetic nerve based on the cause of the anemia, monitoring for changes in the patient's cardiac activity and state of inflammation, and hemoglobin level. An external neurostimulation system is describes, and well as a chronic implantable system. A method for treating a patient for anemia in conjunction with a renal denervation ablation catheter is also disclosed.