Firms in a race to treat high blood pressure [Star Tribune (Minneapolis)]

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24–With more than a billion people suffering from hypertension worldwide, companies large and small, from Minnesota to Ireland, are racing to develop devices that treat drug-resistant high blood pressure. Among the most promising is a system that …
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New blood pressure treatment tries fooling brain

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The device has been approved to treat hypertension in Europe. CVRx is hoping to win U.S. approval. But CVRx also is hoping to show the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that its Barostim neo device is safe and effective in treating heart failure as well.
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