Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Catheter system for acute neuromodulation
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Application No.: US14151755Application Date: 2014-01-09
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Publication No.: US09884182B2Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: Terrance J Ransbury , Richard S Stack , William E Sanders , Stephen C Masson
- Applicant: Interventional Autonomics Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NC Chapel Hill
- Assignee: INTERVENTIONAL AUTONOMICS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERVENTIONAL AUTONOMICS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Chapel Hill
- Main IPC: A61N1/00
- IPC: A61N1/00 ; A61N1/05 ; A61N1/36 ; A61B5/0215 ; A61N1/365

Abstract:
A neuromodulation system includes a first therapy element adapted for positioning within a superior vena cava, and a second therapy element adapted for positioning within a pulmonary artery. The first therapy element is carried on a first elongate flexible shaft, and the second therapy element is carried on a second elongate flexible shaft. One of the first and second shafts is slidably received within a lumen of the other of the first and second shafts—so that the second therapy element may be advanced within the body relative to the first therapy element. A stimulator is configured to energize the first therapy element within the first blood vessel to deliver therapy to a first nerve fiber disposed external to the superior vena cava and to energize the second therapy element within the pulmonary artery to deliver sympathetic therapy to a second nerve fiber disposed external to the pulmonary artery. For treatment of heart failure, the first nerve fiber may be a vagus nerve and the second nerve fiber may be a sympathetic nerve fiber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140128750A1 Catheter System for Acute Neuromodulation Public/Granted day:2014-05-08
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