Patent ID: 9179973
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of determining efficacy of a renal denervation procedure in a renal artery, comprising: providing a renal denervation catheter and a inflation balloon; filling the inflation balloon within the renal artery to stop blood flow and measuring one of a decay of a blood pressure condition in the renal artery after filling the inflation balloon and a performance characteristic of the inflation balloon to obtain a first measurement; performing a renal denervation procedure in the renal artery with the renal denervation catheter; filling the inflation balloon within the renal artery to stop blood flow and measuring one of a decay of a blood pressure condition in the renal artery after filling the inflation balloon and a performance characteristic of the inflation balloon after performing the renal denervation procedure to obtain a second measurement; comparing the first and second measurements to determining efficacy of the renal denervation procedure.