US Patent Issued to Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing UnLtd. on March 25 for "Catheter apparatuses having multi-electrode arrays for renal neuromodulation and associated systems and methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,984, issued on March 25, was assigned to Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing UnLtd. Co. (Dublin).

"Catheter apparatuses having multi-electrode arrays for renal neuromodulation and associated systems and methods" was invented by Vincent Ku (Palo Alto, Calif.), Robert Beetel (Woodside, Calif.), Andrew Wu (Los Altos Hills, Calif.), Denise Zarins (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Maria Aboytes (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Catheter apparatuses, systems, and methods for achieving renal neuromodulation by intravascular access are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology, for example, is directed to a treatment device h...