Patent ID: 9592136
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. A method of stimulating baroreceptors to treat a disease of a patient, the patient having a carotid artery with a wall, the method comprising: providing an implant having a first structure on a first end and a second structure on a second end opposite the first end, wherein three to five longitudinal contact regions extend in a longitudinal direction between the first end and the second end; and placing the implant in the carotid artery with an expanded configuration, wherein the three to five longitudinal contact regions contact the wall of the carotid artery and define three to five contact regions of the wall alternating with three to five flat non-contact regions around the wall, wherein the three to five contact regions of the wall alternating with the three to five flat non-contact regions stretch the wall of the carotid artery sufficiently to stimulate the baroreceptors and treat the disease.