Sphincter treatment apparatus
AssigneeConway Stuart Medical, Inc.
InventorStuart D. Edwards
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Abstract
A sphincter treatment apparatus includes an energy delivery device introduction member including a plurality of arms. Each arm has distal and proximal sections. The distal sections of the arms are coupled as are the proximal sections of the arms. The energy delivery device introduction member is configured to be introduced in the sphincter in a non-deployed state, expand to a deployed state to at least partially dilate the sphincter. A plurality of energy delivery devices are coupled to the energy delivery device introduction member. At least a portion of the plurality of energy delivery devices are controllably introducible from the energy delivery device introduction member into the sphincter.
Claims88
A sphincter treatment apparatus, comprising:
- an expandable basket structure including, a first arm with a distal and a proximal section, a second arm with a distal and a proximal section, and a third arm with a distal and a proximal section, the proximal sections of the first, second and third arms being coupled to each other and the distal sections of the first, second and third arms being coupled to each other, the expanded basket structure having a non-deployed state and a deployed state where the first, second and third arms distend away from each other;
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- a first energy delivery device coupled to the first arm and including a distal portion controllably advanceable from the first arm into the sphincter.
The apparatus of claim 5, wherein each of the arm distal sections are coupled to a distal cap member.
A sphincter treatment apparatus, comprising:
- a energy delivery device introduction member including a plurality of arms, each arm of the plurality including a distal section and a proximal section with each of the plurality of arm distal sections being coupled and each of the arm proximal sections being coupled, wherein the energy delivery device introduction member is configured to be introduced in the sphincter in a non-deployed state, and expand to a deployed state to at least partially dilate the sphincter;
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- a plurality of energy delivery devices coupled to the energy delivery device introduction member, at least a portion of the plurality of energy delivery devices being controllably introducible from the energy delivery device introduction member into the sphincter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.