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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2015
Applicant:
Neurotronik Ip Holding (Jersey) Limited, St. Helier, JE;
Inventors:
Richard A Glenn, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Stephen C Purcell, Carrboro, NC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/0551 (2013.01); A61N 1/0558 (2013.01);
Abstract
An intravascular catheter is positionable within a blood vessel for use in transvenous stimulation of targets external to the wall of the blood vessel. The catheter includes a catheter body, a support at the distal end of the catheter body, and a plurality of electrodes carried by the support. At least a portion of the support being inflatable within the blood vessel to bias at least a portion of the plurality of electrodes into contact with the blood vessel wall.