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US 12,133,678 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.
Claims20
A method to modulate bladder function of a patient, comprising:
- introducing an energy delivery device through a urethra of the patient and into contact with a posterior bladder wall of a bladder of the patient;
- and
- delivering energy from the energy delivery device into non-superficial target tissue located between the posterior bladder wall and an anterior wall of the wall of the vagina, thereby interrupting afferent receptors in the non-superficial target tissue, while maintaining cellular viability of a mucosal surface of the posterior bladder wall.
A method to modulate bladder function of a patient, comprising:
- introducing an energy delivery device into a space between a posterior bladder wall and an anterior vaginal wall of the patient;
- and
- delivering energy from the energy delivery device into non-superficial target tissue located between the posterior bladder wall and the anterior vaginal wall, thereby interrupting afferent receptors in the non-superficial target tissue, while maintaining cellular viability of a mucosal surface of the posterior bladder wall and of the anterior vaginal wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.