Inventors:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - Palo Alto CA, US
Jonathan A. COE - Menlo Park CA, US
Insoo SUH - San Francisco CA, US
Jeremy Christopher KOEHLER - East Palo Alto CA, US
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - Palo Alto CA
International Classification:
A61B 17/00, A61N 2/06, A61N 2/02, A61N 5/10, A61M 25/10, A61B 18/04, A61B 18/02, A61M 25/00, A61M 29/00, A61N 7/02, A61B 18/18
US Classification:
600 1, 601 3, 601 2, 600 12, 600 10, 606 1, 606 33, 606 2, 606 27, 606 20, 604508, 606191, 604104, 604 9601
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.