Patent Document ID: 9138281
Application ID: 14034434
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for catheter-based renal neuromodulation of a human patient with a diagnosed condition comprising at least one of heart failure, hypertension, acute myocardial infarction, impaired renal function or chronic renal failure, the method comprising: positioning a first catheter having a first therapeutic element in a low profile delivery configuration within a first renal blood vessel of the patient and proximate to neural fibers innervating a first kidney of the patient, wherein the first therapeutic element comprises a first expandable basket sized and shaped for the first renal blood vessel, and wherein the first expandable basket comprises a plurality of first electrodes arranged thereon, transforming the first therapeutic element from the delivery configuration to a treatment configuration such that the first electrodes on the first expandable basket are in contact with an inner wall of the first renal blood vessel; inhibiting neural communication along the neural fibers innervating the first kidney via radio frequency (RF) energy from the first electrodes; positioning a second catheter having a second therapeutic element in a low profile delivery configuration within a second renal blood vessel of the patient and proximate to neural fibers innervating a second kidney of the patient, wherein the second therapeutic element comprises a second expandable basket sized and shaped for the second renal blood vessel, and wherein the second basket comprises a plurality of second electrodes arranged thereon; transforming the second therapeutic element from the delivery configuration to a treatment configuration such that the plurality of second electrodes on the second expandable basket are in contact with an inner wall of the second renal blood vessel; and inhibiting neural communication along the neural fibers innervating the second kidney via RF energy from the second electrodes wherein inhibiting neural communication along the neural fibers innervating the first and second kidney significantly improves a measureable physiological parameter corresponding to the diagnosed condition of the patient.