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

Claim 11:
12. A method for performing renal neuromodulation, the method comprising:
intravascularly delivering a catheter comprising an occlusion element, a tubular structure, and a direct heating element arranged about the tubular structure in a low-profile delivery state over a guide wire to a target treatment site within a renal blood vessel of a patient, the tubular structure and the direct heating element being within the occlusion element;
expanding the occlusion element to substantially occlude the renal blood vessel;
withdrawing the guide wire in a proximal direction until the tubular structure radially expands into a spiral shape to contact an inner wall of the occlusion element adjacent to an inner wall of the renal blood vessel; and
delivering heat via the direct heating element to inhibit neural communication along the renal nerve.