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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2008
Hugh R. Sharkey, Redwood City, CA (US);
Ramiro Reyes, Redwood City, CA (US);
Kurt D. Sparks, Redwood City, CA (US);
Hugh R. Sharkey, Redwood City, CA (US);
Ramiro Reyes, Redwood City, CA (US);
Kurt D. Sparks, Redwood City, CA (US);
Aegea Medical, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system of providing therapy to a patient's uterus. The system has an access tool with a lumen, the access tool being adapted to be inserted through a human cervical canal to place an opening of the lumen within a uterus when the access tool is inserted through the cervical canal; a seal disposed at a distal region of the access tool and adapted to seal the access tool against an interior cervical os; a sealing indicator adapted to provide a user with an indication that the seal has sealed the access tool with the interior cervical os; and a vapor delivery mechanism adapted to deliver condensable vapor through the access tool to the uterus, the condensable vapor being adapted to condense within the uterus.