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US 11,229,482 B2Granted
Apparatus and methods to modulate bladder function
AssigneeHologic, Inc.
InventorsDan Sachs, Edwin J. Hlavka
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods are provided to concentrate energy delivery in non-superficial target tissue within a trigone region of a human bladder wall to modulate bladder function.
Claims13
A method to modulate bladder function of a patient, comprising:
- introducing a tissue ablation device through a vagina of the patient and into contact with a mucosal surface of an anterior wall of the vagina;
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- delivering ablation energy from the tissue ablation device into non-superficial target tissue underneath the mucosal surface, thereby ablating the non-superficial target tissue, without ablating the mucosal surface, wherein the non-superficial target tissue is located within a trigone region of a urinary bladder wall of the patient.
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