Invention Application
- Patent Title: DEVICE AND METHOD TO TREAT VAGINAL ATROPHY
- Patent Title (中): 用于治疗VAGINAL ATROPHY的装置和方法
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Application No.: PCT/US2015/012825Application Date: 2015-01-26
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Publication No.: WO2015116512A1Publication Date: 2015-08-06
- Inventor: ROCKWEILER, Holly Elizabeth , KRONE, Ryan Taylor , STEINBERGER, Jonathan Daniel , OLSON, Kathryn
- Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
- Applicant Address: Office of Technology Licensing 3000 El Camino Real Building Five, Third Floor Palo Alto, CA 94306-1106 US
- Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee Address: Office of Technology Licensing 3000 El Camino Real Building Five, Third Floor Palo Alto, CA 94306-1106 US
- Agency: SHAY, James, R. et al.
- Priority: US61/933,712 20140130; US61/947,715 20140304; US61/982,475 20140422
- Main IPC: A61B5/02
- IPC: A61B5/02 ; A61N7/00 ; A61N7/02
Abstract:
A method of treating vaginal tissue atrophy in a female subject, the method including the steps of engaging an energy delivery element with tissue in or around the subject's vagina; applying energy to the tissue from the energy delivery element; and increasing blood flow to internal vaginal tissue to an increased level above a baseline level of blood flow to the internal vaginal tissue, the increased level of blood flow to the internal vaginal tissue persisting after the applying step ceases. The invention also provides devices for performing this therapy.
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