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US 2009/0157070 A1Published application
Medical treatment using pulsed energy
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsChristopher L. Oskin, Isaac Ostrovsky
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Abstract
An apparatus and methods for the treatment of tissue includes compressing a portion of the tissue to be treated using an expandable member and emitting a plurality of energy pulses toward that portion of the tissue. The pulses can be pulses of electromagnetic radiation and can be based on a pulse parameter value. The pulse parameter value can be modified based on a signal from a sensor.
Claims24
A method, comprising:
- compressing a portion of a tissue of an inner-surface of a lumen defined by a prostate of a patient using an expandable member when the expandable member is in an expanded configuration;
- and
- emitting a plurality of energy pulses toward the portion of the tissue.
An apparatus, comprising:
- an expandable member having a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration, the expandable member configured to be inserted into a portion of a lumen defined by a prostate when the expandable member is in the contracted configuration, the expandable member configured to dilate the portion of the lumen when in the expanded configuration;
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- an energy-emitting source having at least a portion disposed within the expandable member and configured to emit a plurality of energy pulses toward the portion of the lumen when the portion of the lumen is dilated by the expandable member when in the expanded configuration.
A method, comprising:
- compressing a portion of a prostatic urethra using an expandable member;
- emitting an electromagnetic radiation pulse toward the compressed portion based on a pulse parameter value;
- and
- modifying the pulse parameter value based on a signal from a sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.