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Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 28, 2020
Applicant:

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);

Inventors:

Holly Elizabeth Rockweiler, Portland, OR (US);

Ryan Taylor Krone, Portland, OR (US);

Jonathan Daniel Steinberger, Portland, OR (US);

Kathryn Olson, Redwood City, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/026 (2006.01); A61B 17/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 7/00 (2013.01); A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/026 (2013.01); A61B 5/4294 (2013.01); A61B 5/4337 (2013.01); A61B 5/4836 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2253 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0043 (2013.01);
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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