US Patent Issued to BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) on Jan. 27 for "Ablation targeting nerves in or near the inferior vena cava and/or abdominal aorta for treatment of hypertension" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,181, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Ablation targeting nerves in or near the inferior vena cava and/or abdominal aorta for treatment of hypertension" was invented by Debby Grunewald (Los Angeles), Kristine B. Fuimaono (Covina, Calif.), Tina Chan (El Monte, Calif.) and Tom A. Ditter (Chino Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for the treatment of a patient for the purpose of lowering blood pressure and/or treating other medical conditions such as cardiac arrhythmias. A catheter having an ablation element is placed inside the body of a patient and is directed to a ...