Methods and apparatuses for remodeling tissue of or adjacent to a body passage

US9072902B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Vessix Vascular, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Prabodh Mathur · Laguna Niguel, US
• Henry H. Lee · Mission Viejo, US
• Raymond W. Cohen · Irvine, US
• Meital Mazor · Laguna Hills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 21, 2012
• Grant date: Jul 7, 2015
• Expiry date: Aug 30, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2018/124
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Medical devices and methods for making and using the same are disclosed. An example medical device may include a catheter. The catheter may include an elongate flexible catheter body. An expandable structure may be associated with the catheter body and may include a radially expandable balloon and a plurality of flexible circuits extending along an outer surface of the balloon. Each flexible circuit may include at least one electrode and at least one temperature sensor. The expandable structure may have an outer diameter of less than 4 mm when in an expanded configuration.