Patent ID: 11963714
Assignee: MEDTRONIC IRELAND MANUFACTURING UNLIMITED COMPANY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. A method comprising:
intravascularly advancing an elongate shaft of a catheter to a first renal vessel associated with a first kidney of a patient;
locating a distal portion of the elongate shaft of the catheter within the first renal vessel, wherein the distal portion carries at least one neuromodulation element, and wherein each neuromodulation element comprises a corresponding needle port and a corresponding needle;
imaging at least one radiopaque marker associated with the distal portion of the elongate shaft;
extending the corresponding needle of a neuromodulation element of the at least one neuromodulation element to penetrate a wall of the first renal vessel; and
modulating nerve tissue within a first anatomical region extending about the first renal vessel via the neuromodulation element;
intravascularly advancing the elongate shaft to a second renal vessel associated with a second kidney of a patient;
locating the distal portion of the elongate shaft within the second renal vessel;
imaging the at least one radiopaque marker associated with the distal portion of the elongate shaft;
extending the corresponding needle of a neuromodulation element of the at least one neuromodulation element to penetrate a wall of the second renal vessel; and
modulating nerve tissue within a second anatomical region extending about the second renal vessel via the neuromodulation element.