Patent ID: 7908008

Claim:
A treatment method, comprising: determining that a subject suffers from; designating the subject for treatment of the renal failure, responsively to the determination; and improving renal function of the subject by applying an electrical current to a parasympathetic site of the subject selected from the group consisting of: a vagus nerve of the subject, an epicardial fat pad of the subject, a pulmonary vein of the subject, a carotid artery of the subject, a carotid sinus of the subject, a coronary sinus of the subject, a vena cava vein of the subject, a jugular vein of the subject, a right ventricle of the subject, a parasympathetic ganglion of the subject, and a parasympathetic nerve of the subject, wherein applying the current comprises configuring the current to reduce blood flow to skeletal muscle of the subject.