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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 08, 2019
Applicants:

Gaojun Teng, Nanjing, CN;

Yonghua Dong, Shanghai, CN;

Huaqing Yin, Shanghai, CN;

Inventors:

Gaojun Teng, Nanjing, CN;

Yonghua Dong, Shanghai, CN;

Huaqing Yin, Shanghai, CN;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61M 25/0026 (2013.01); A61N 1/0492 (2013.01); A61N 1/32 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00267 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00404 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00511 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00666 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00714 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00821 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00875 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1467 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention provides a method for treating diabetes, a diabetes-associated condition or disorder, or symptoms thereof suffered by a subject such as a mammal (e.g. a human patient or a pet), comprising (1) placing multiple electrodes within at least one renal artery of the subject and against blood vessel wall of the at least one renal artery; (2) adhering a surface electrode on an external surface such as skin of the subject; and (3) releasing a therapeutically effective amount of radiofrequency energy through at least one of the multiple electrodes to nearby tissues, so as to increase the temperature of the nearby tissues and induce a thermal alteration of the nearby tissues.


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