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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Rmx, Llc, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventor:
Amir J. Tehrani, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
RMX, LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/365 (2006.01); A61N 1/362 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36139 (2013.01); A61N 1/3601 (2013.01); A61N 1/3627 (2013.01); A61N 1/36053 (2013.01); A61N 1/36057 (2013.01); A61N 1/36114 (2013.01); A61N 1/36117 (2013.01); A61N 1/36514 (2013.01); A61N 1/36521 (2013.01);
Abstract
Devices and methods are provided to treat acute and chronic heart failure by using one or more implantable or non-implantable sensors along with phrenic nerve stimulation to reduce intrathoracic pressure and thereby reduce pulmonary artery, atrial, and ventricular pressures leading to reduced complications and hospitalization.