Systems and methods for endometrial ablation
AssigneeMinerva Surgical, Inc.
InventorCsaba Truckai
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Abstract
A system for treating uterine tissue having a seal assembly configured for positioning in a patient's cervical canal and uterine cavity; an expandable distal balloon portion; an expandable elongate medial balloon portion configured for movement between a first transversely expanded shape for engaging a cervical canal and a second transversely non-expanded shape for trans-cervical insertion; and a fluid source in communication with distal balloon portion and medial balloon portion for expansion of said balloon portions.
Claims19
A method of treating a uterine cavity of a patient, the method comprising:
- advancing a cervical seal through a cervix of the patient, the cervical seal including a distal balloon and a ridged region extending proximal of the distal balloon, the ridged region including a plurality of ridges and valleys alternatingly disposed along a length thereof;
- thereafter, inflating the distal balloon to seal the uterine cavity and axially compressing the ridged region to radially expand the plurality of ridges;
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- thereafter, performing an endometrial ablation procedure with an ablation probe positioned in the uterine cavity distal of the distal balloon.
A method of treating a uterine cavity of a patient, the method comprising:
- advancing a cervical seal through a cervical canal of the patient, the cervical seal including a distal balloon and a ridged region extending proximal of the distal balloon, the ridged region including a plurality of ridges and valleys alternatingly disposed along a length thereof;
- thereafter, sealing the uterine cavity by inflating the distal balloon against an internal os of the cervical canal while the ridged region extends beyond an external os into a vagina of the patient;
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- thereafter, performing an endometrial ablation procedure with an ablation probe positioned in the uterine cavity distal of the distal balloon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.