US Patent Issued to Verve Medical on May 27 for "Methods and systems for ablation of the renal pelvis" (California, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,927, issued on May 27, was assigned to Verve Medical Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Methods and systems for ablation of the renal pelvis" was invented by Terrence J. Buelna (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Adam Gold (Glendale, Ariz.) and Rahul Rao (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus, systems, and methods provide access to the renal pelvis of a kidney to treat renal nerves embedded in tissue surrounding the renal pelvis. Access to the renal pelvis may be via the urinary tract or via minimally invasive incisions through the abdomen and kidney tissue. Treatment is effected by exchanging energy, typically delivering heat or extracting heat ...