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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2012
Applicants:
Torbjorn Persson, Malmo, SE;
Cecilia Emanuelsson, Marsta, SE;
Hans Abrahamson, Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
St. Jude Medical AB, , SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/04 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61F 2/88 (2006.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 18/14 (2013.01); A61F 2/88 (2013.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00267 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00404 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00434 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00511 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01);
Abstract
Hypertension is treated in a patient by implanting an ablation stent in a renal artery of the patient. Energy is transmitted to the ablation stent to induce heating of the ablation stent, which causes ablation of a renal sympathetic nerve present on the outside of the portion of the renal artery comprising the ablation stent. A preferred ablation stent is in the form of an N-turn coil of an electrically conductive wire forming a meander structure. The respective ends of the wire are electrically connected to each other.