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US 12,533,287 B2Granted
System for treating Peyronies disease
AssigneeKemeny Healthcare Inc.
InventorsCsaba Truckai, Akos Toth
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Abstract
Systems and methods for treatment using acoustic shock waves within an enclosed negative pressure chamber to fragment or otherwise to modify plaque in a patient's penile shaft.
Claims11
A method of treating Peyronie's disease, comprising:
- disposing a penile shaft within an elastomeric sheath having at least one acoustic emitter positioned on a surface of the elastomeric sheath;
- adjusting a position of the at least one acoustic emitter in close proximity to a plaque in the penile shaft;
- inserting the elastomeric sheath into a braided structure, wherein the braided structure expands in diameter when axially compressed and contracts in diameter when axially stretched such that the penile shaft stretches axially when the braided structure is axially stretched, wherein a tether is coupled to the braided structure at a distal end of the braided structure, wherein the tether is configured to be pulled distally to stretch the braided structure axially;
- positioning the penile shaft, the elastomeric sheath and the at least one acoustic emitter in an interior chamber of a device via an opening in a proximal end of the device, wherein a distal end of the device is closed;
- causing negative pressure in the interior chamber for an interval sufficient to increase blood inflow to thereby distend a corporal sinusoid;
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- applying shock waves from the at least one acoustic emitter to the plaque in the penile shaft.
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