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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 26, 2020
Applicant:

Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company, Dublin, IE;

Inventors:

Vincent Ku, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Sowmya Ballakur, Mountain View, CA (US);

Jignesh Shah, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61N 1/40 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61N 1/36057 (2013.01); A61N 1/36139 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00267 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00404 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00434 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00511 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00875 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00898 (2013.01); A61B 2018/144 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1475 (2013.01); A61N 1/0551 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to devices, systems and methods providing evaluation and feedback to an operator of a device providing neuromodulation treatment, such as modulation of renal nerves of a human patient. In one embodiment, for example, a system monitors parameters or values generated before treatment. Feedback provided to an operator is based on the monitored values and relates to an assessment of various electrical properties associated with an electrode carried by a catheter. The electrode measures an electrical property of biological material making contact with the electrode while deploying the electrode, the electrical property being dependent on a ratio of a wall-interface area to a fluid-interface area.


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