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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
May. 26, 2011
Applicant:
Yossi Gross, Moshav Mazor, IL;
Inventor:
Yossi Gross, Moshav Mazor, IL;
Assignee:
Vascular Dynamics, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61M 29/02 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/32 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/375 (2006.01); A61F 2/856 (2013.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/02 (2013.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61N 1/05 (2013.01); A61N 1/326 (2013.01); A61N 1/36017 (2013.01); A61N 1/375 (2013.01); A61F 2/856 (2013.01); A61F 2002/065 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0008 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0001 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0004 (2013.01); A61N 1/056 (2013.01); A61N 1/36117 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatus is provided for treating hypertension of a subject. The apparatus includes an implantable element which has a non-circular shape and which is configured to reduce the hypertension by facilitating an assumption of a non-circular shape by a blood vessel in a vicinity of a baroreceptor of the subject, during diastole of the subject. Other embodiments are also described.