CATHETER APPARATUSES HAVING MULTI-ELECTRODE ARRAYS FOR RENAL NEUROMODULATION AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
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    发明申请
    CATHETER APPARATUSES HAVING MULTI-ELECTRODE ARRAYS FOR RENAL NEUROMODULATION AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS 有权
    具有多极电极阵列用于肾神经调节和相关系统和方法的导管装置

    公开(公告)号:US20120116383A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-05-10

    申请号:US13281361

    申请日:2011-10-25

    IPC分类号: A61B18/18

    摘要: Catheter apparatuses, systems, and methods for achieving renal neuromodulation by intravascular access are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology, for example, is directed to a treatment device having a multi-electrode array configured to be delivered to a renal blood vessel. The array is selectively transformable between a delivery or low-profile state (e.g., a generally straight shape) and a deployed state (e.g., a radially expanded, generally helical shape). The multi-electrode array is sized and shaped so that the electrodes or energy delivery elements contact an interior wall of the renal blood vessel when the array is in the deployed (e.g., helical) state. The electrodes or energy delivery elements are configured for direct and/or indirect application of thermal and/or electrical energy to heat or otherwise electrically modulate neural fibers that contribute to renal function or of vascular structures that feed or perfuse the neural fibers.

    摘要翻译: 本文公开了通过血管内通路实现肾脏神经调节的导管装置,系统和方法。 例如,本技术的一个方面涉及具有被配置为输送到肾血管的多电极阵列的治疗装置。 阵列可以在传送或低轮廓状态(例如,大致直线形状)和展开状态(例如,径向膨胀,大致螺旋形状)之间选择性地变换。 多电极阵列的尺寸和形状使得当阵列处于部署(例如螺旋状态)时,电极或能量递送元件接触肾血管的内壁。 电极或能量输送元件构造成用于直接和/或间接施加热和/或电能以加热或以其他方式电调节有助于肾功能的神经纤维或者供给或灌注神经纤维的血管结构。