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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2012
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Swaminadhan Gnanashanmugam, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jonathan A. Coe, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Insoo Suh, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeremy Christopher Koehler, East Palo Alto, CA (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is described for decreasing activity of at least one sympathetic nerve, nerve fiber or neuron innervating at least one blood vessel in the pulmonary vasculature of a patient to ameliorate pulmonary hypertension. In one embodiment, the method may involve advancing an intravascular treatment device to a target location in a target blood vessel within the pulmonary vasculature of the patient and using the treatment device to decrease activity of at least one sympathetic nerve, nerve fiber or neuron innervating the target blood vessel at or near the target location to ameliorate pulmonary hypertension.