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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2015
Applicant:
Verve Medical, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Terrence J. Buelna, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Adam Gold, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Verve Medical, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/20 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 1/307 (2006.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0071 (2013.01); A61B 1/00087 (2013.01); A61B 1/043 (2013.01); A61B 1/0638 (2013.01); A61B 1/307 (2013.01); A61B 5/0082 (2013.01); A61B 18/12 (2013.01); A61N 7/02 (2013.01); A61B 5/201 (2013.01); A61B 5/4047 (2013.01); A61B 5/4052 (2013.01); A61B 18/1482 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00404 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00434 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00511 (2013.01); A61B 2090/373 (2016.02); A61B 2090/376 (2016.02); A61B 2090/395 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3937 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3941 (2016.02); A61N 2007/003 (2013.01);
Abstract
A target peripheral nerve is treated by providing a real-time fluorescent image of a tissue region where the target peripheral nerve has an enhanced appearance in the fluorescent image. A treatment element is advanced from an adjacent body lumen or cavity through the tissue region or externally aimed toward the peripheral nerve while viewing the fluorescent image, and the peripheral nerve is treated using the treatment element.