Patent ID: 8295912
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. A method of inhibiting a function of a a plexus of autonomic nerves traveling with an artery comprising: providing an external detecting device to detect a location of the artery of a patient, wherein the location of the artery is expressed in a first three dimensional coordinate reference frame; placing a therapeutic energy source in the first three dimensional coordinate reference frame; modeling a delivery of energy to regions on at least two sides of the artery where the autonomic nerves travel to determine a power level for the therapeutic energy source, wherein the act of modeling considers heat transfer due to blood flow in the artery; and delivering therapeutic energy from the therapeutic energy source, through a skin of the patient, to the regions on the at least two sides of the artery, wherein the act of delivering the therapeutic energy is based on a result from the act of modeling; wherein the delivered therapeutic energy at least partially inhibits the function of the autonomic nerves traveling with the artery.