US Patent Issued to Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing UnLtd. on Sept. 9 for "Systems and methods for modulating nerves or other tissue" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,974, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing UnLtd. Co. (Dublin).

"Systems and methods for modulating nerves or other tissue" was invented by Scott Raymond Smith (Chaska, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to various embodiments, systems, devices and methods for modulating targeted nerve fibers (e.g., hepatic neuromodulation) or other tissue are provided. The systems may be configured to access tortuous anatomy of or adjacent hepatic vasculature. The systems may be configured to target nerves surrounding (e.g., within adventitia of or within perivascular space of) an artery or other blood vesse...