Methods and Devices for Renal Nerve Blocking

摘要

A method and apparatus for treatment of cardiac and renal diseases associated with the elevated sympathetic renal nerve activity by implanting a device to block the renal nerve signals to and from the kidney. The device can be a drug pump or a drug eluding implant for targeted delivery of a nerve-blocking agent to the periarterial space of the renal artery.

主权项

1. A method for at least partially blocking a renal nerve of a kidney of a human patient for the purpose of treating a cardiorenal disease comprising:
a. implanting a drug delivery catheter in a periarterial space of the kidney; b. implanting a drug infusion pump in the body of the patient; c. connecting the drug infusion pump to the said catheter; and d. delivering a nerve-blocking agent to the periarterial space.