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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2024
Verve Medical, Inc., Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
Terrence J. Buelna, Sunset Beach, CA (US);
Verve Medical, Inc., Paradise, AZ (US);
Abstract
In an illustrative embodiment, systems and methods for treatment of nerves present in a wall of a human renal pelvis are described. One system uses a sheath to access a position in or near the renal pelvis via the urinary tract. An effector inserted through the sheath has an uncooled distal region formed with a superelastic wire that supports at least four non-insulated, preferably spherical electrodes distributed along the distal region. The distal region expands within the renal pelvis, and vacuum applied through the sheath at least partially evacuates the renal pelvis to draw opposing walls of the renal pelvis inwards and compress the distal region somewhat from its expanded form, placing the electrodes in intimate contact with different points along the renal pelvic wall. Energy is applied to the electrodes to create discrete lesions at the points of contact of the electrodes.