Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Balloon catheter apparatus for renal neuromodulation
- Patent Title (中): 气球导管装置用于肾神经调节
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Application No.: US13868426Application Date: 2013-04-23
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Publication No.: US09023037B2Publication Date: 2015-05-05
- Inventor: Denise Zarins , Hanson Gifford, III , Mark Deem , Nicolas Zadno , Benjamin J. Clark , Andrew Wu , Kenneth J. Michlitsch
- Applicant: Denise Zarins , Hanson Gifford, III , Mark Deem , Nicolas Zadno , Benjamin J. Clark , Andrew Wu , Kenneth J. Michlitsch
- Applicant Address: LU Luxembourg
- Assignee: Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.a.r.l.
- Current Assignee: Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.a.r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: LU Luxembourg
- Main IPC: A61B18/12
- IPC: A61B18/12 ; A61B18/18 ; A61N1/32 ; A61N1/36 ; A61B18/14 ; A61N1/05 ; A61N7/02 ; A61B18/00

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus are provided for non-continuous circumferential treatment of a body lumen. Apparatus may be positioned within a body lumen of a patient and may deliver energy at a first lengthwise and angular position to create a less-than-full circumferential treatment zone at the first position. The apparatus also may deliver energy at one or more additional lengthwise and angular positions within the body lumen to create less-than-full circumferential treatment zone(s) at the one or more additional positions that are offset lengthwise and angularly from the first treatment zone. Superimposition of the first treatment zone and the one or more additional treatment zones defines a non-continuous circumferential treatment zone without formation of a continuous circumferential lesion. Various embodiments of methods and apparatus for achieving such non-continuous circumferential treatment are provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130296767A1 Methods and Apparatus for Performing a Non-Continuous Circumferential Treatment of a Body Lumen Public/Granted day:2013-11-07
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