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US 8,152,803 · App. 11/651,750 · Granted Apr 10, 2012

Apparatus to detect and treat aberrant myoelectric activity

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Patent No.
US 8,152,803
App. No.
11/651,750
Granted
Apr 10, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus to treat a sphincter has a support member. A sphincter electropotential mapping device includes a mapping electrode. The sphincter electropotential mapping device is coupled to the support member and configured to detect aberrant myoelectric activity of the sphincter.

Claims (8)

1. A method comprising

deploying a catheter in association with nerve paths in tissue at or near a sphincter, the catheter carrying a mapping device,

operating the mapping device to detect electrical events in the nerve paths,

analyzing the detected electrical events,

diagnosing dysfunction affecting the tissue based, at least in part, upon the analysis,

selecting at least one target tissue treatment site based, at least in part, upon the analysis,

deploying a catheter in association with the at least one target tissue treatment site, the catheter carrying a treating device, and

operating the treating device to create lesions to ablate the nerve paths, and thereby treat the dysfunction.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2008
From: RESPIRATORY DIAGNOSTIC, INC.
To: MEDERI THERAPEUTICS, INC.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2008
From: CURON MEDICAL, INC. BY JOHN T. KENDALL, TRUSTEE
To: RESPIRATORY DIAGNOSTIC, INC.
Reel/Frame 022034/0702 →