US Patent Issued to TVA Medical on July 29 for "Methods for treating hypertension and reducing blood pressure with formation of fistula" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,916, issued on July 29, was assigned to TVA Medical Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Methods for treating hypertension and reducing blood pressure with formation of fistula" was invented by Adam L. Berman (Austin, Texas), William E. Cohn (Bellaire, Texas), Dana R. Mester (Austin, Texas), Damian A Jelich (Austin, Texas), Thomas D. Pate (Austin, Texas) and Philip M. Tetzlaff (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described here are methods of treating a patient having hypertension comprising advancing a catheter into a deep ulnar vein or an artery, wherein the catheter comprises an electrode. The methods further comprise forming a ...