Title:
NEUROMODULATION CATHETERS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/041132
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Catheters, systems, and methods for achieving renal neuromodulation by intravascular access. A catheter has an energy delivery device positionable in a renal blood vessel and being transformable between a radially constrained low-profile state and a self-expanded deployed state. The energy delivery device includes a first electrode array spaced longitudinally from and flexibly connected to a second electrode array, the arrays being sized and shaped so that the electrode regions contact an interior wall of the renal blood vessel when the energy delivery device is in the deployed state. The electrode regions are configured for direct and/or indirect application of thermal and/or electrical energy to heat or otherwise electrically modulate neural fibers that contribute to renal function or of vascular structures that feed or perfuse the neural fibers.
Inventors:
MORERO MASSIMO (IT)
GUALA CARLO (IT)
GUALA CARLO (IT)
Application Number:
PCT/EP2013/069037
Publication Date:
May 08, 2014
Filing Date:
September 13, 2013
Export Citation:
Assignee:
INVATEC SPA (IT)
International Classes:
A61B18/14
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2011055143A2 | 2011-05-12 | |||
| WO2012068471A1 | 2012-05-24 | |||
| WO2007001981A2 | 2007-01-04 |
Foreign References:
| EP2452648A1 | 2012-05-16 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ZIMMERMANN & PARTNER (München, DE)
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