Columbia University Irving Medical Center
A recent Medgadget article discussed a new catheter-based system that treats hypertension with ultrasound waves. The device is called Peregrine, and was developed by Ablative Solutions. Peregrine is inserted into a patient’s renal arteries via a small incision in the groin, and guided to the renal nerves using X-ray imaging. Once in place, the catheter emits ultrasound waves that create small lesions on the renal nerves, which can help reduce the overactivity of these nerves and lower blood pressure.
