Kenneth B Maynard

US Patent:

20140163540, Jun 12, 2014

Filed:

Feb 18, 2011

Appl. No.:

14/000168

Inventors:

Mano Iyer - Staten Island NY, US
Jaime E. Merino - Mountain View CA, US
Kenneth J. Maynard - East Islip NY, US

Assignee:

ReCor Medical, Inc. - Menlo Park CA

International Classification:

A61N 7/02

US Classification:

606 27

Abstract:

An ultrasound apparatus is provided for non-continuous circumferential treatment of a vessel, such to provide denervation of a renal blood vessel. The apparatus may be positioned within a vessel to deliver broad unfocused or focused ultrasonic energy at first and second lengthwise and angular positions to create a less-than-full circumferential treatment zone at each of the first and second positions. Superimposition of treatment zones defines a non-continuous circumferential treatment zone without formation of a continuous circumferential lesion.