US 11,857,249 B2
Devices, systems, and methods for monitoring and/or controlling deployment of a neuromodulation element within a body lumen and related technology
Vincent Ku, Palo Alto, CA (US); Sowmya Ballakur, Mountain View, CA (US); and Jignesh Shah, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company, Dublin (IE)
Filed by Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company, Dublin (IE)
Filed on Feb. 26, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/802,408.
Application 16/802,408 is a continuation of application No. 14/696,058, filed on Apr. 24, 2015, granted, now 10,610,292.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/984,533, filed on Apr. 25, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/984,170, filed on Apr. 25, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2020/0205891 A1, Jul. 2, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61N 1/40 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/1492 (2013.01) [A61N 1/36057 (2013.01); A61N 1/36139 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00267 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00404 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00434 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00511 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00875 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00898 (2013.01); A61B 2018/144 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1475 (2013.01); A61N 1/0551 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for neuromodulation energy delivery, the method comprising:
detecting or determining that a neuromodulation element of a catheter is deployed into stable contact with a wall of a vessel at a treatment location within a patient, the neuromodulation element being coupled to an elongate shaft of the catheter;
determining an inner diameter of the vessel at the treatment location based on a change in a physical configuration of the catheter in response to deployment of the neuromodulation element when the neuromodulation element is in contact with the wall of the vessel; and
controlling or adjusting neuromodulation energy delivered to the neuromodulation element to modulate one or more nerves at or near the treatment location within the vessel based on the inner diameter of the vessel.