KEY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CATEGORY: Electronics – Sensors & Instrumentation Healthcare – Medical Device
TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVEL: TRL6
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- Method and deployable multi-spine apparatus for catheter-based renal denervation, SG/US/EP/KR/CN,US11234762B2, 2017
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Hypertension is a growing worldwide issue. Patients with uncontrollable blood pressure level despite the usage of three or more medication is known as resistant hypertension. Resistant hypertension increased the risk of adverse cardiovascular disease. The current treatment for resistant hypertension includes minimally invasive catheter based renal denervation procedure. However, there is no procedural endpoint of the ablation of the renal nerve for this renal denervation procedure.
In our solution, an integrated thermistor sensor with a heating electrode was developed for monitoring of the ablation temperature during the procedure. MEMS based force sensor was used to monitor the contact of heating electrode with the renal artery wall. Thus, ensuring proper ablation of the nerve, reducing the risk of damaging the renal nerve and increasing the success rate of the procedure.
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