Title:
RENAL PUMP
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/141284
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Apparatus and methods are described including identifying a subject as suffering from a condition selected from the group consisting of: cardiac dysfunction, congestive heart failure, reduced renal blood flow, increased renal vascular resistance, arterial hypertension, and kidney dysfunction. In response thereto, blood pressure within a renal vein (32) of the subject is reduced, by placing a blood pump (150) inside the subject's renal vein and activating the impeller to pump blood from the renal vein into the subject's vena cava (26). Other applications are also described.
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Inventors:
SCHWAMMENTHAL EHUD (IL)
TUVAL YOSI (IL)
GLOZMAN DANIEL (IL)
TUVAL YOSI (IL)
GLOZMAN DANIEL (IL)
Application Number:
PCT/IL2014/050289
Publication Date:
November 06, 2014
Filing Date:
March 13, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MAGENTA MEDICAL LTD (IL)
International Classes:
A61B5/02; A61B5/021; A61B17/22; A61M1/00; A61M60/13; A61M60/135; A61M60/237; A61M60/33; A61M60/411; A61M60/523; A61M60/808; A61M60/81; A61M60/825; A61M60/861
Foreign References:
| US7485104B2 | 2009-02-03 | |||
| US20110190874A1 | 2011-08-04 | |||
| US8277470B2 | 2012-10-02 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 2967361A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
COLB, Sanford T. et al. (P.O. Box 2273, Rehovot, IL)
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