Invention Application
- Patent Title: ABLATION THERAPY TO DISRUPT COORDINATED BLADDER CONTRACTIONS
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Application No.: US16880524Application Date: 2020-05-21
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Publication No.: US20200281649A1Publication Date: 2020-09-10
- Inventor: Thaddeus S. Brink , Blake A. Hedstrom , Dwight E. Nelson , Ashish Singal , Xin Su
- Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
- Main IPC: A61B18/14
- IPC: A61B18/14 ; A61B5/20 ; A61B5/0488 ; A61B8/08 ; A61B5/11

Abstract:
The disclosure describes devices, systems, and techniques for identifying and treating bladder dysfunction. In one example, a method includes identifying one or more focal points at respective locations of bladder tissue of a bladder of a patient, the one or more focal points initiating coordinated contractions of a detrusor muscle. The method may also, or alternatively, include ablating, for each of the one or more focal points, a respective portion of the bladder tissue at the respective location of the focal point. Ablation of these targeted portions of the bladder tissue may reduce the coordinated contractions of the detrusor muscle and alleviate overactive bladder symptoms.
Public/Granted literature
- US11253314B2 Ablation therapy to disrupt coordinated bladder contractions Public/Granted day:2022-02-22
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