← USPTO Patent Grants

Systems, devices, and associated methods for neuromodulation with enhanced nerve targeting

Grant US12594118B2 Kind: B2 Apr 07, 2026

Assignee

Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company

Inventors

Douglas A. Hettrick, Julie Trudel, Paul Coates, Robert J. Melder, Stefan S. Tunev, Martin Rothman, Sean Salmon

Abstract

Systems and methods for neuromodulation therapy are disclosed herein. A method in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, positioning a plurality of reference electrodes at the skin of a human patient and intravascularly positioning a plurality of ablation electrodes within a blood vessel lumen at a treatment site. The method can include obtaining impedance measurements between different combinations of the reference electrodes and the ablation electrodes and, based on the impedance measurements, identifying two or more electrode groups for treatment, where at least two of the electrode groups include a different one of the reference electrodes and a different one of the ablation electrodes.

CPC Classifications

A61B 18/1492 A61B 5/0538 A61B 5/4836 A61B 5/0035 A61B 5/0036 A61B 5/0531 A61B 2018/00404 A61B 2018/00434 A61B 2018/00577 A61B 2018/00636 A61B 2018/00642 A61B 2018/00648 A61B 2018/00654 A61B 2018/00666 A61B 2018/00702 A61B 2018/00755 A61B 2018/00875 A61B 2018/124 A61B 2018/1467 A61B 2018/165 A61B 2018/167

Filing Date

2023-11-03

Application No.

18501507

Claims

25