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PHOTOTHERAPY FOR RENAL DENERVATION

  • US 20110257641A1
  • Filed: 04/13/2011
  • Published: 10/20/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An apparatus for facilitating delivery of optical energy to a renal artery of a patient, comprising:

  • a catheter configured for deployment relative to the renal artery;

    an optical fiber arrangement supported by the catheter and comprising a coupling for receiving laser light from a laser light source; and

    an optics arrangement supported by the catheter and coupled to the optical fiber arrangement, the optics arrangement comprising one or more optical elements arranged to receive the laser light and project optical energy to a desired depth within innervated tissue at or proximate an outer wall of the renal artery, the optical energy of sufficient power to ablate innervated tissue at or proximate the outer wall of the renal artery.

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