Neuromodulation and associated systems and methods for the treatment of sexual dysfunction

A method, comprising:

• introducing a neuromodulation assembly at a distal portion of a treatment device proximate to neural fibers innervating penile tissue of a human patient diagnosed with erectile dysfunction or low libido;
• partially disrupting function of the neural fibers innervating the penile tissue by applying thermal energy to the neural fibers via the neuromodulation assembly;
• and
• removing the neuromodulation assembly from the patient after treatment,
• wherein partial disruption of the function of the neural fibers innervating the penile tissue therapeutically treats the diagnosed erectile dysfunction or low libido.

A method for treating erectile dysfunction in a human patient, the method comprising:

• transluminally positioning an energy delivery element of a catheter within a target blood vessel of the patient and adjacent to neural fibers that innervate a kidney or penile tissue of the patient;
• and
• at least partially ablating the neural fibers innervating the kidney or penile tissue of the patient via the energy delivery element,
• wherein at least partially ablating the neural fibers innervating the kidney or penile tissue results in a therapeutically beneficial reduction in one or more physiological conditions associated with erectile dysfunction of the patient.