US Patent Issued to Verve Medical on Oct. 21 for "Treatment of kidney disease using renal nerve denervation via the renal pelvis" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,942, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Verve Medical Inc. (Paradise Valley, Ariz.).

"Treatment of kidney disease using renal nerve denervation via the renal pelvis" was invented by Terrence J. Buelna (Sunset Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an illustrative embodiment, systems and methods for treating kidney disease in a human patient are disclosed. A method includes advancing a collapsible array of RF electrodes through a urinary tract of the patient in collapsed form and into a position in or near a renal pelvis. The effector is deployed to an expanded form to engage at least a portion of an interior wall of the rena...