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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
May. 11, 2010
Mark Deem, Mountain View, CA (US);
Hanson Gifford, Iii, Woodside, CA (US);
Denise Demarais, Saratoga, CA (US);
Douglas Sutton, Pacifica, CA (US);
Erik Thai, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark Gelfand, New York, NY (US);
Howard R. Levin, Teaneck, NJ (US);
Mark Deem, Mountain View, CA (US);
Hanson Gifford, III, Woodside, CA (US);
Denise Demarais, Saratoga, CA (US);
Douglas Sutton, Pacifica, CA (US);
Erik Thai, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark Gelfand, New York, NY (US);
Howard R. Levin, Teaneck, NJ (US);
Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.a.r.l., Luxembourg, LU;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for renal neuromodulation using a pulsed electric field to effectuate electroporation or electrofusion. It is expected that renal neuromodulation (e.g., denervation) may, among other things, reduce expansion of an acute myocardial infarction, reduce or prevent the onset of morphological changes that are affiliated with congestive heart failure, and/or be efficacious in the treatment of end stage renal disease. Embodiments of the present invention are configured for percutaneous intravascular delivery of pulsed electric fields to achieve such neuromodulation.