Title:
IMPLANTABLE CATHETER-DELIVERED NEUROMODULATION DEVICES AND RELATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2015/195828
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An example of an implantable neuromodulation device includes a bioabsorbable electrode and an elongate bioabsorbable support structure carrying the electrode. The support structure is configured to expand in a direction perpendicular to its length so as to move the electrode into contact with a wall of a naturally occumng lumen of a human patient. The electrode is electrically energizable to modulate a nerve within tissue at or otherwise proximate to the wall of the lumen. An example of a neuromodulation method using the neuromodulation device includes locating the neuromodulation device at a treatment site within the lumen and deploying the neuromodulation device into an expanded treatment state at the treatment site. The method further includes reducing obstruction of blood flow through the lumen after deploying the neuromodulation device and then wirelessly energizing the electrode from an extracorporeal energy source.
Inventors:
O'CONNELL BARRY (US)
DELANEY CORMAC (US)
DUFFY ANGELA (US)
TWOHIG BOGHAN (US)
DELANEY CORMAC (US)
DUFFY ANGELA (US)
TWOHIG BOGHAN (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2015/036271
Publication Date:
June 30, 2016
Filing Date:
June 17, 2015
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MEDTRONIC ARDIAN LUXEMBOURG (US)
International Classes:
A61B18/18; A61B17/32; A61B18/00; A61N1/378
Foreign References:
| US20110307034A1 | 2011-12-15 | |||
| US20120101413A1 | 2012-04-26 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KOPCZYNSKI, Jeffie, A. (Medtronic Vascular INC.3576 Unocal Plac, Santa Rosa CA, US)
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