GERB treatment apparatus and method
AssigneeCuron Medical, Inc.
InventorsStuart D. Edwards, David S. Utley
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Abstract
A method of forming a composite lesion pattern in a tissue region at or near a sphincter comprising providing a catheter having a plurality of energy delivery devices coupled to the catheter. The catheter is introduced at least partially into the sphincter. Energy is delivered from the energy delivery devices to produce the composite lesion pattern. The composite lesion pattern comprises a radial distribution of lesions about the tissue region and a longitudinal distribution of lesions along the tissue region.
Claims7
A method of forming a composite lesion pattern in a tissue region at or near a sphincter comprising the steps of:
- providing a catheter having a plurality of energy delivery devices coupled to the catheter,
- introducing the catheter at least partially into the sphincter, and
- delivering energy from the energy delivery devices to produce the composite lesion pattern, the composite lesion pattern comprising a radial distribution of lesions about the tissue region and a longitudinal distribution of lesions along the tissue region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.