US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Dec. 16 for "Devices and methods for endoluminal delivery of either fluid or energy for denervation" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,469, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Devices and methods for endoluminal delivery of either fluid or energy for denervation" was invented by Michi E. Garrison (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Richard M. Ruedy (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are methods and devices for selectively applying either fluids (e.g., anesthetics, nerve-blockers, etc.) or energy, such as radiofrequency or ultrasound energy, to a target tissue from within a blood vessel while minimizing the amount of fluid or energy applied to non-target tissue. The catheters described herein may...