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US 12,721,677 B2Granted
Apparatuses and methods for injuring nerve tissue
AssigneeNuvaira, Inc.
InventorsMartin L. Mayse, Mark E. Deem
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Abstract
Systems, delivery devices, and methods to treat to ablate, damage, or otherwise affect tissue. The treatment systems are capable of delivering energy to nerve tissue in a target region such that at least a portion of the nerve tissue is replaced by scar tissue or otherwise altered to inhibit reinnervation in the target region.
Claims19
A method of treating a subject, comprising:
- positioning an energy delivery device in a passageway of a vessel in the subject such that
- a first energy emitting assembly of the energy delivery device is placed along a first outer side of a cartilaginous ring of the vessel, and
- a second energy emitting assembly of the energy delivery device is placed along a second outer side of the cartilaginous ring of the vessel;
- and
- delivering energy from the energy delivery device to nerve tissue in a target region along the vessel such that at least a portion of the nerve tissue is replaced by scar tissue which inhibits reinnervation in the target region.
2 more elements
A method to strategically damage a target region of nerve tissue along a vessel, comprising:
- locating the target region with a delivery apparatus;
- inserting an ablation assembly through the delivery apparatus to position a first portion of an energy emitting assembly of the ablation assembly along a first outer side of a cartilaginous ring of the vessel, and a second portion of the energy emitting assembly of the ablation assembly along a second outer side of the cartilaginous ring of the vessel;
- and
- delivering energy from the energy emitting assembly into the target region.
1 more element
A method to ablate a target region of tissue along a vessel, comprising:
- positioning an ablation assembly within the vessel to place first and second energy emitting assemblies respectively along first and second outer sides of a cartilaginous ring of the vessel proximate to the target region;
- and
- energizing the first and second energy emitting assemblies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.