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Percutaneous devices and methods to visualize, target and ablate nerves

US9579030B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · US

Inventors

Torsten Scheuermann · Munich, DE
Tat-Jin Teo · Sunnyvale, US
Roger Hastings · Maple Grove, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 20, 2012
Grant date	Feb 28, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 20, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N2007/0091
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Apparatuses for identifying nerve tissue and methods for making and using the same are disclosed. An example apparatus may include an elongate shaft having a distal region configured to be percutaneously deployed within a patient. An active imaging structure may be disposed on the distal region. The active imaging structure may be configured to remotely image nerve tissue by exciting a signal in nerve tissue from a percutaneous location and receiving the signal from a percutaneous location. The active imaging structure may include one or more probes.

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