A method and apparatus for treatment of heart failure, hypertension and renal failure by
stimulating the renal nerve. The goal of therapy is to reduce sympathetic activity of the renal�…

Methods and apparatus are provided for bilateral renal neuromodulation, eg, via a pulsed
electric field, via a stimulation electric field, via localized drug delivery, via high frequency�…

Methods and apparatus are provided for renal neuromodulation using a pulsed electric field
to effectuate electroporation or electrofusion. It is expected that renal neuromodulation (eg�…

(57) ABSTRACT A method and apparatus for treatment of heart failure, hyper tension and
renal failure by stimulating the renal nerve. The goal of therapy is to reduce sympathetic�…

Methods and apparatus are provided for treating hypertension, eg, via a pulsed electric field,
via a stimulation electric field, via localized drug delivery, via high frequency ultrasound, via�…

Methods and apparatus are provided for monopolar neuromodulation, eg, via a pulsed
electric field. Such monopolar neuromodulation may effectuate irreversible electroporation�…

Background—This study sought to define the technique and results of magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) of pulmonary vein (PV) anatomy before and after catheter ablation of atrial�…

Related US Application Data Continuation-in-part of application No. 10/408,665, filed on
Apr. 8, 2003, now Pat. No. 7,162,303, and a continuation-in-part of application No. 1�…

Background—The objective of this study was to assess the impact of intracardiac
echocardiography (ICE) on the long-term success and complications in patients undergoing�…

Methods and apparatus are provided for thermally-induced renal neuromodulation.
Thermally-induced renal neuro modulation may be achieved via direct and/or via indirect�…