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US 2006/0041283 A1Published application
Implantable device and method for treatment of hypertension
AssigneeLifestim, Inc.
InventorsMark Gelfand, Howard Levin
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for treatment of hypertension with electrostimulation of peripheral nerves. Treatment is performed by periodically stimulating a nerve such as a median nerve. Apparatus for stimulation is permanently implanted in the body. The nerve is stimulated by electric current applied to electrodes that are placed near the target nerve or the muscle innervated by the target nerve.
Claims16
A method for treating hypertension in a human patient comprising:
- a. implanting a nerve stimulation device proximate to at least one peripheral nerve of the patient, and
- b. applying a stimulation signal generated by the device to the peripheral nerve to control hypertension.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.