Renal nerve modulation devices and methods for renal nerve modulation
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorMARTIN R. WILLARD
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Abstract
Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example method may include a method for renal nerve modulation. The method may include providing a steerable medical device, advancing the steerable medical device through a vein to a position adjacent to the kidney, advancing the steerable medical device through a vessel wall of the vein and into body tissue positioned adjacent to a renal artery, and steering the steerable medical device around at least a portion of the renal artery.
Claims20
A method for renal nerve modulation, the method comprising:
- providing a steerable medical device;
- advancing the steerable medical device through a vein to a position adjacent to a kidney;
- advancing the steerable medical device through a vessel wall of the vein and into body tissue positioned adjacent to a renal artery;
- steering the steerable medical device around at least a portion of the renal artery.
A method for renal nerve modulation, the method comprising:
- providing a steerable ablation guidewire having one or more ablation members coupled thereto;
- advancing the steerable ablation guidewire through a renal vein to a position adjacent to a kidney;
- advancing the steerable ablation guidewire through a vessel wall of the renal vein and into body tissue positioned adjacent to a renal artery;
- steering the steerable ablation guidewire around at least a portion of the renal artery;
- and
- ablating renal nerves disposed adjacent to the renal artery with the one or more ablation members.
A method for renal nerve modulation, the method comprising:
- providing a steerable guidewire;
- advancing the steerable guidewire through a renal vein to a position adjacent to a kidney;
- advancing the steerable guidewire through a vessel wall of the renal vein and into body tissue positioned adjacent to a renal artery;
- steering the steerable guidewire around at least a portion of the renal artery;
- advancing an ablation catheter over the steerable guidewire and around at least the portion of the renal artery, wherein the ablation catheter has one or more ablation members coupled thereto;
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- ablating renal nerves disposed adjacent to the renal artery with the one or more ablation members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.