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US 2024/0390679 A1Published application
Intravascular implant for stimulating of blood pressure
AssigneeBIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
InventorsChristian MOSS, Franziska WEGERICH
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Abstract
An implantable sensor device comprising means for determining a blood pressure and means for stimulating at least one nerve cell, based at least in part on the determined blood pressure. Further aspects relate to a method carried out by such a device and a computer program.
Claims11
Implantable sensor device comprising:
- means for determining a blood pressure;
- means for stimulating at least one nerve cell, based at least in part on the determined blood pressure, wherein the sensor device is configured for implanting into a blood vessel, in particular the renal artery,
- wherein the sensor device is configured for implantation via a catheter, and wherein the means for stimulating is configured for fixing the sensor device to the blood vessel or the means for stimulating is configured for being electrically coupled to the blood vessel.
Method carried out by an implantable sensor device comprising the following steps:
- determining a blood pressure;
- stimulating at least one nerve cell, based at least in part on the determined blood pressure, wherein the sensor device is configured for implanting into a blood vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.