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US 10,307,620 B2Granted
Noninvasive transvaginal acoustic thermal treatment of female stress urinary incontinence
AssigneeAcoustic Medsystems, Inc.
InventorEverette C. Burdette
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Abstract
Systems and methods for transvaginal high intensity concentrated ultrasound. Urinary incontinence is treated through application of high intensity ultrasound to tissue structures to affect a change in the tissue.
Claims10
A system for transvaginally treating stress urinary incontinence comprising:
- transvaginal applicator having:
- a first curved transducer array comprising a first plurality of transducers aligned along a first array longitudinal axis, the first curved transducer array further having a first therapeutic zone;
- a second curved transducer array comprising a second plurality of transducers aligned along a second array longitudinal axis, the second curved transducer array further having a second therapeutic zone, the first therapeutic zone and the second therapeutic zone are not overlapping, with a dead zone in between the first therapeutic zone and the second therapeutic zone;
- an imaging transducer array positioned between the first curved transducer array and the second curved transducer array, the imaging transducer array having an imaging array longitudinal axis and movable relative to the first curved transducer array and the second curved transducer array, the imaging transducer array pivotably positioned about the imaging array longitudinal axis relative to the first curved transducer and the second curved transducer, wherein the imaging transducer array is positioned to pivotally scan the first therapeutic zone, then the dead zone, and then the second therapeutic zone;
- an acoustic coupling balloon;
- and
- a positioning balloon.
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