Patent ID: 7335192
Filing Date: 2008-02-26
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. A method for enhancing renal function in a body of a patient, comprising: locally delivering a volume of fluid agent from a source located externally of the patient's body and substantially only into a plurality of renal arteries having respective ostia at unique respective locations along an abdominal aorta wall of an abdominal aorta in the body; positioning an expandable member within the abdominal aorta below the plurality of renal arteries, thereby inhibiting blood from flowing between the expandable member and the abdominal aorta wall while allowing blood to flow from an aorta into the plurality of renal arteries and while supplying blood to the lower extremities via a blood pass through lumen; wherein the volume of fluid agent is delivered into the plurality of renal arteries substantially simultaneously; and wherein the volume of fluid agent being delivered is adapted to enhance renal function.