Patent Document ID: 9999463
Application ID: 14683966
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for at least partially eliminating nerve function proximate a patient's blood vessel using an electronic control unit (ECU), the method comprising: applying a first electrical stimulus to the interior wall of a patient's blood vessel via at least one stimulating electrode that is in electrical contact with an interior wall of a patient's blood vessel, the first electrical stimulus being sufficient to provoke an elicited potential in the patient's nerves; following the application of the first electrical stimulus, detecting a first set of electrical data via at least one recording electrode that is in electrical contact with an interior wall of the patient's blood vessel; adjusting a capacitance of the ECU to amplify or attenuate detected signals based on their frequency content; recording the first set of electrical data; applying a nerve destruction process to the patient's autonomic nerves proximate the blood vessel and between the at least one stimulating electrode and the at least one recording electrode; applying a second electrical stimulus to the interior wall of a patient's blood vessel via the at least one stimulating electrode; detecting a second set of electrical data via the at least one recording electrode following the application of the second electrical stimulus; and determining an effect of the nerve destruction process on the elicited potential, the determining indicating whether the effect is sufficient.