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US 11,109,847 B2Granted
Methods and apparatus for concurrently detecting and treating medical conditions of a body
OwnerRichard N. Crangleinventor
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Abstract
Methods provide for the concurrent evaluation, detection and treatment of actual or potential medical conditions at a site of a body, and are particularly directed to medical procedures and concurrent treatment of areas of the body that are difficult to visualize; and a kit providing apparatus for carrying out evaluation, detection and real-time treatment of the site of a body for actual or potential medical conditions is disclosed.
Claims8
A method of evaluating and treating actual or potential gynecological conditions in real-time, comprising;
- providing a spiral cervical retractor device;
- positioning the spiral cervical retractor device in place in proximity to a site for evaluation of actual or potential gynecological conditions;
- positioning a detection device in proximity to the site for evaluation of the presence of actual or potential gynecological conditions;
- determining the presence of an actual or potential gynecological condition;
- positioning a treatment device in proximity to the site to treat detected gynecological conditions that are concurrently treatable;
- treating detected gynecological conditions sequentially following detection of such conditions;
- removing the treating device from the site;
- and
- removing the spiral cervical retractor device;
- wherein the detection device comprises a tubular member having a swab attached at one end thereof;
- wherein the tubular member has a lumen for delivering one or more substances through the lumen to the swab.
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