US Patent Issued to Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing UnLtd. on Nov. 25 for "Catheter-based devices and associated methods for immune system neuromodulation" (California, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,806, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing UnLtd. Co. (Dublin).

"Catheter-based devices and associated methods for immune system neuromodulation" was invented by Paul Sobotka (West St. Paul, Minn.) and Neil Barman (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Catheter-based devices and associated methods for immune system neuromodulation of human patients are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology is directed to methods of treating a human patient diagnosed with an immune system condition. The methods can include intravascularly positioning a neuromodulation catheter within a blood ve...