ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,661, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Varian Medical Systems Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.).
"Blood-tissue surface based radiosurgical renal treatment planning" was invented by Patrick Maguire (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Edward Gardner (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods for planning radiosurgical treatments for neuromodulating a portion of the renovascular system may be used to plan radiosurgical neuromodulation treatments for conditions or disease associated with elevated central sympathetic drive. The renal nerves may be located and targeted at the level of the ganglion and/or at postganglionic ...