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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
May. 14, 2020
Applicant:
Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company, Dublin, IE;
Inventor:
Scott Raymond Smith, Chaska, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company, Dublin, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/122 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/04 (2006.01); A61B 18/06 (2006.01); A61B 18/16 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 18/22 (2006.01); A61B 18/24 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 17/122 (2013.01); A61B 17/320068 (2013.01); A61B 18/02 (2013.01); A61B 18/06 (2013.01); A61B 18/16 (2013.01); A61M 25/0147 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/485 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00402 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00867 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320069 (2017.08); A61B 2018/00023 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00047 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00214 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0022 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00267 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00279 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00285 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00404 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00434 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00529 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00821 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00875 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0212 (2013.01); A61B 2018/048 (2013.01); A61B 2018/068 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1425 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1435 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1467 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1475 (2013.01); A61B 18/1815 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1861 (2013.01); A61B 18/22 (2013.01); A61B 18/24 (2013.01); A61B 2218/007 (2013.01); A61M 25/09 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0021 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0043 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to various embodiments, systems, devices and methods for modulating targeted nerve fibers (e.g., hepatic neuromodulation) or other tissue are provided. The systems may be configured to access tortuous anatomy of or adjacent hepatic vasculature. The systems may be configured to target nerves surrounding (e.g., within adventitia of or within perivascular space of) an artery or other blood vessel, such as the common hepatic artery.