Denervation therapy
AssigneeMedtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company
InventorsPaul J. Coates, Douglas A. Hettrick
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Abstract
Example systems and techniques for denervation, for example, renal denervation. In some examples, a processor determines one or more tissue characteristics of tissue proximate a target nerve and a blood vessel. The processor may generate, based on the one or more tissue characteristics, an estimated volume of influence of denervation therapy delivered by a therapy delivery device disposed within the blood vessel. The processor may generate a graphical user interface including a graphical representation of the tissue proximate the target nerve and the blood vessel and a graphical representation of the estimated volume of influence.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- determining, by a processor, one or more tissue characteristics of tissue proximate a target nerve and a blood vessel of a patient;
- generating, by the processor and based on the one or more tissue characteristics, an estimated volume of influence of denervation therapy delivered by a therapy delivery device disposed within the blood vessel;
- and
- generating, by the processor and based on the estimated volume of influence, information for controlling a surgical device to move the therapy delivery device to a predetermined location within the blood vessel.
A system comprising:
- a memory configured to store one or more tissue characteristics of tissue proximate a target nerve and a blood vessel of a patient;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to:
- determine one or more tissue characteristics of tissue proximate the target nerve and the blood vessel;
- generate, based on the one or more tissue characteristics, an estimated volume of influence of denervation therapy delivered by a therapy delivery device disposed within the blood vessel;
- and
- generate, based on the estimated volume of influence, information for controlling a surgical device to move the therapy delivery device to a predetermined location within the blood vessel.
A system comprising:
- means for determining one or more tissue characteristics of tissue proximate a target nerve and a blood vessel of a patient;
- means for generating, based on the one or more tissue characteristics, an estimated volume of influence of denervation therapy delivered by a therapy delivery means disposed within the blood vessel;
- and
- means for controlling, based on the estimated volume of influence, a movement means to move the therapy delivery means to a predetermined location within the blood vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.