Patent ID: 11865343
Assignee: MEDTRONIC IRELAND MANUFACTURING UNLIMITED COMPANY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
prior to a patient experiencing a potential traumatic event, assessing the patient for risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in response to experiencing the potential traumatic event;
identifying the patient as being at risk for developing PTSD from experiencing the potential traumatic event; and
in response to identifying the patient as being at risk for developing PTSD from experiencing the potential traumatic event, executing a renal denervation procedure to reduce the risk associated with developing PTSD, the renal denervation procedure comprising:
intravascularly positioning a catheter carrying a neuromodulation assembly adjacent to a renal sympathetic nerve in the patient;
delivering energy to the renal sympathetic nerve via the neuromodulation assembly to at least partially ablate the renal sympathetic nerve to attenuate neural traffic along the renal sympathetic nerve; and
removing the catheter and the neuromodulation assembly from the patient after treatment.