Systems and methods for regulating organ and/or tumor growth rates, function, and/or development
AssigneeAutonomix Medical, Inc.
InventorsLandy Toth, Robert S. Schwartz
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Abstract
A system for controlled neuromodulation procedures is disclosed. A system for controlled micro ablation procedures is disclosed. Systems and methods for imaging, monitoring, stimulating, and/or ablating neurological structures coupled to one or more organs of the lower urinary tract (LUT) are disclosed. Such processes may be used to alter the hormonal secretions from one or more organs, to modulate the growth of an organ, alter the growth rate or rate of perineural invasion of a tumor, or the like. In particular such processes may be used to slow, halt and/or reverse the growth of a prostate gland or a prostate tumor.
Claims20
A medical system, comprising:
- a surgical instrument, including:
- a handle;
- an elongate member extending from the handle, the elongate member configured for introduction and navigation through tissue of a body;
- one or more delivery elements mounted relative to the elongate member, the one or more delivery elements configured to deliver treatment to a targeted tissue region, the one or more delivery elements being configured to be selectively operable in response to a detected condition within the targeted tissue region or in surrounding regions adjacent the targeted tissue region, the one or more delivery elements comprise at least one fluid delivery element configured to deliver a therapeutic fluid to the targeted tissue region;
- and
- a controller in communication with the one or more delivery elements, the controller being configured to control functioning of the one or more delivery elements based at least in part on physiological feedback signals associated with one or more physiological conditions of the targeted tissue region or surrounding tissue regions, the controller being configured to control a quantity of the therapeutic fluid delivered to the targeted tissue region by the at least one fluid delivery element based at least in part on a distribution of the therapeutic fluid within the targeted tissue region.
A medical system, comprising:
- a surgical instrument, including:
- a handle:
- an elongate member extending from the handle, the elongate member configured for introduction and navigation through tissue of a body;
- and
- one or more delivery elements mounted relative to the elongate member, the one or more delivery elements configured to deliver treatment to a targeted tissue region, the one or more delivery elements comprise at least one fluid delivery element configured to deliver a therapeutic fluid to the targeted tissue region;
- and
- a controller in communication with the one or more delivery elements, the controller being configured to control functioning of the one or more delivery elements based at least in part on physiologic feedback signals associated with one or more physiologic conditions of the targeted tissue region or surrounding tissue regions, the controller being configured to control a quantity of the therapeutic fluid delivered to the targeted tissue region by the at least one fluid delivery element based at least in part on a distribution of the therapeutic fluid within the targeted tissue region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.