About TIVUS™
TIVUS (Therapeutic Intravascular Ultrasound) is an intravascular, catheter-based technology that performs denervation of nerves surrounding the blood vessels.
- One time treatment
- Higher denervation depth for better results
- Does not occlude the vessel
- One size catheter
- Safe, easy and fast procedure
Renal Denervation aims to reduce blood pressure by disrupting the sympathetic nerve activity between the kidneys and the brain. Increased activity in these nerves can lead to elevated blood pressure.
This reduction in efferent (outward) activity leads to decreased renal norepinephrine release, reduced tubular reabsorption of sodium and water, lowered renin release and decreased vascular resistance.
Afferent (inward) sensory nerve signals from the kidneys to the brain are also reduced. This reduction of afferent signaling results in a decrease of central sympathetic nervous system activity, which in turn reduces sympathetic nerve activity to organs throughout the body, including the heart, peripheral blood vessels and the kidneys.
TIVUS uses ultrasonic energy to disrupt these nerves beyond the walls of the renal arteries.
By decreasing sympathetic nerve activity and disrupting the overactive communication between the kidneys and the brain, TIVUS treatment can safely lower blood pressure.
