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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2023
Axon Therapies, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Dorin Panescu, San Jose, CA (US);
Andrew Wu, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Zoar Jacob Engelman, New York, NY (US);
Mark Gelfand, New York, NY (US);
Mark S. Leung, Duncan, CA;
Axon Therapies, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems, devices, and methods for transvascular ablation of target tissue are disclosed herein. The devices and methods may, in some examples, be used for splanchnic nerve ablation to increase splanchnic venous blood capacitance to treat at least one of heart failure and hypertension. For example, the devices disclosed herein may be advanced endovascularly to a target vessel in the region of a thoracic splanchnic nerve (TSN), such as a greater splanchnic nerve (GSN) or a TSN nerve root. Also disclosed are method of treating heart failure, such as HFpEF, by endovascularly ablating a thoracic splanchnic nerve to increase venous capacitance and reduce pulmonary blood pressure.