Patent ID: 11950826
Assignee: MEDTRONIC IRELAND MANUFACTURING UNLIMITED COMPANY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 17:
18. A method for performing renal neuromodulation, the method comprising:
intravascularly delivering a catheter in a low-profile delivery state over a guide wire to a target treatment site within a renal blood vessel of a patient, the catheter comprising an occlusion element, a control member, and a neuromodulation element arranged about the control member, and the control member and the neuromodulation element being within the occlusion element, wherein the guide wire is configured to hold the catheter in the low-profile delivery state when the guide wire is in a lumen of the catheter;
expanding the occlusion element to substantially occlude the renal blood vessel;
withdrawing the guide wire in a proximal direction to enable the control member to transform towards a preformed shape to contact an inner wall of the occlusion element adjacent to an inner wall of the renal blood vessel; and
delivering neuromodulation energy via the neuromodulation element to inhibit neural communication along the renal nerve.