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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2014
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Acoustic Medsystems, Inc., Savoy, IL (US);
Chris J. Diederich, Novato, CA (US);
Everette C. Burdette, Champaign, IL (US);
Jeffery H. Wootton, San Francisco, CA (US);
ACOUSTIC MEDSYSTEMS, INC., Savoy, IL (US);
Abstract
Transurethral ultrasound treatment system and methods that provide targeted treatment zones outside urethra via an applicator with multiple sectors, a urethral cooling balloon, and bladder positioning balloon for directed application in muscle tissue. In one embodiment, the system and methods are configured to generate thermal lesions via simultaneous sonication or activation of two separate sectors from a tubular device, with an inactive zone directed toward vaginal wall or nerves.