Intravascular, thermally-induced renal neuromodulation for treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome or infertility

A method of treating a human patient diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome, the method comprising:

• intravascularly positioning a neuromodulation assembly within a renal blood vessel of the patient and adjacent to sympathetic nerves proximate to the renal blood vessel of the patient;
• and
• reducing central sympathetic drive in the patient by delivering energy to the sympathetic nerves via the neuromodulation assembly,
• wherein reducing central sympathetic drive therapeutically treats the diagnosed polycystic ovary syndrome.

A method of treating a human patient diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome, comprising:

• intravascularly positioning an electrode within a renal artery of the patient and adjacent to a renal nerve of the patient;
• and
• attenuating neural traffic along the renal nerves proximate the renal artery via energy from the electrode,
• wherein attenuating neural traffic along the renal nerves results in a therapeutically beneficial improvement in one or more physiological conditions associated with the diagnosed polycystic ovary syndrome.