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WO1999055245A1 Expired / Lapsed WO ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Electrosurgical sphincter treatment apparatus

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1999-04-30
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2019-04-30
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Abstract

Abstract A sphincter treatment apparatus includes an energy delivery device introduction member including a plurality of arms. Each arm has distal and proximal sections. The distal sections of the arms are coupled as are the proximal sections of the arms. The energy delivery device introduction member is configured to be introduced in the sphincter in a non-deployed state, expand to a deployed stte to at least partially expand the sphincter. A plurality of energy delivery devices are coupled to the energy delivery device introduction member. At least a portion of the plurality of energy delivery devices are controllably introducible from the energy delivery device introduction member into the sphincter.

Inventors

  • 👤 Stuart D. Edwards

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction WO
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 01:53
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B18/00; A61B18/04; A61B18/12; A61B18/14; A61B18/1477; A61B18/1492; A61B17/00; A61B17/32; A61B18/18; A61B18/1815; A61B2018/00005; A61B2018/00011; A61B2018/00029; A61B2018/00053; A61B2018/00107; A61B2018/00148; A61B2018/00214; A61B2018/0022; A61B2018/00267; A61B2018/00315; A61B2018/00482; A61B2018/00494; A61B2018/00553; A61B2018/00571; A61B2018/00577; A61B2018/00636; A61B2018/00696; A61B2018/00702; A61B2018/00726; A61B2018/00744; A61B2018/00773; A61B2018/00791; A61B2018/00875; A61B2018/0091; A61B2018/00916; A61B18/1206; A61B2018/124; A61B2018/1246; A61B2018/1253; A61B2018/126; A61B2018/1472; A61B2018/183; A61B90/00; A61B90/36; A61B90/361; A61B2090/3614; A61B90/37; A61B2090/378; A61B2090/3782

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