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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
May. 21, 2019
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Michael j. Joyner, Rochester, MN (US);
Bruce D. Johnson, Rochester, MN (US);
Thomas P. Olson, Cannon Falls, MN (US);
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Abstract
This document provides methods and materials for modulating afferent nerve signals to treat medical conditions such as CHF, CHF respiration, dyspnea, peripheral vascular disease (e.g., peripheral arterial disease or venous insufficiency), hypertension (e.g., age-associated hypertension, resistant hypertension, or chronic refractory hypertension), COPD, sleep apnea, and chronic forms of lung disease where muscle dysfunction is a part of the disease pathophysiology. For example, methods and materials involved in using electrical and/or chemical techniques to block or reduce afferent nerve signals (e.g., nerve signals of group III and/or IV afferents coming from skeletal muscle and/or the kidneys) are provided.