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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2009
Applicants:
Michael P. H. Lau, Edmonds, WA (US);
David P. Nelson, Snohomish, WA (US);
Inventors:
Michael P. H. Lau, Edmonds, WA (US);
David P. Nelson, Snohomish, WA (US);
Assignee:
Mirabilis Medica Inc., Bothell, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2013.01); A61B 2017/4216 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for treating uterine tissue with ultrasound energy. The method manipulates the position of the patient's uterus to decrease its distance from an ultrasound therapy transducer while simultaneously engaging a partially filled bladder such that the bladder is compressed to force any bowel tissue out of an acoustic window between the patient's abdominal wall and uterus. Ultrasound energy is then applied to the uterine tissue.