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US 2021/0267674 A1Published application
Methods and devices for localized disease treatment by ablation
AssigneeMedtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.a.r.l.
InventorsAyala Hezi-Yamit, Susan Edwards, Carol Sullivan
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Abstract
Provided herein are methods, systems, and devices for increasing heat shock protein expression and treating conditions for which increased heat shock protein expression is expected to be beneficial using thermal ablation.
Claims9
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A method of treating a human patient diagnosed with a cancerous tumor, the method comprising:
- intravascularly positioning a catheter carrying a neuromodulation treatment device adjacent to a target sympathetic nerve innervating tissue proximate the tumor in the patient;
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- delivering energy to the target sympathetic nerve via the neuromodulation assembly to reduce sympathetic nerve activity in the target sympathetic nerve,
- wherein reducing sympathetic nerve activity in the target sympathetic nerve results in a therapeutically beneficial treatment of the tumor.
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