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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2016
Applicant:
St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Yelena Nabutovsky, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Edward Karst, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Fujian Qu, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
ST. JUDE MEDICAL, CARDIOLOGY DIVISION, INC., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 5/0215 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 5/0215 (2013.01); A61B 5/6853 (2013.01); A61B 18/18 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0022 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00267 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00285 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00404 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00434 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00505 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00511 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00642 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00744 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00761 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00773 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00863 (2013.01); A61B 2090/064 (2016.02);
Abstract
A renal denervation system includes an ablation catheter and an inflation balloon. The renal denervation catheter is insertable into a renal artery to perform a renal denervation procedure. The inflation balloon is inflatable within the renal artery, wherein one of a blood pressure condition in the renal artery resulting from operation of the inflation balloon and a performance characteristic of the inflation balloon indicates efficacy of the renal denervation procedure.