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US 7,165,551 B2Granted
Apparatus to detect and treat aberrant myoelectric activity
AssigneeCuron Medical, Inc.
InventorsStuart D Edwards, David S Utley, Ronald G Lax
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Abstract
An apparatus to treat a sphincter has a support member. A sphincter electropotential mapping device includes a mapping electrode. The sphincter electropotential mapping device is coupled to the support member and configured to detect aberrant myoelectric activity of the sphincter.
Claims6
A method comprising
- deploying a catheter in association with tissue at or near a sphincter, the catheter carrying a mapping device,
- operating the mapping device to detect electrical events in the tissue,
- analyzing the detected electrical events,
- diagnosing dysfunction affecting the tissue based, at least in part, upon the analysis,
- selecting at least one target tissue treatment site based, at least in part, upon the analysis,
- deploying a catheter in association with the at least one target tissue treatment site, the catheter carrying a treating device, and
- operating the treating device to alter the detected electrical events and thereby treat the dysfunction.
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