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Granted Patent B2
US 12,336,750 · App. 18/474,971 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Soft palate treatment

Inventors: Andrew Frazier (Sunnyvale, CA); Scott J. Wolf (Menlo Park, CA); Fred Dinger (Sunnyvale, CA); Charlton Yih (San Mateo, CA)
Assignee: Aerin Medical Inc.
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Patent No.
US 12,336,750
App. No.
18/474,971
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of treating a soft palate in a patient may involve advancing a tissue treatment portion of a soft palate treatment device through the patient's mouth, contacting a treatment surface of the tissue treatment portion with mucosal tissue of the soft palate, and delivering energy from the tissue treatment portion through the mucosal tissue to a target tissue in the soft palate beneath to the mucosal tissue, to change at least one property of the target tissue. The method may further involve cooling the mucosal tissue with a cooling member on the treatment surface of the tissue treatment portion and removing the tissue treatment portion from the mouth.

Claims (14)

1. A device for treating a soft palate in a patient, the device comprising: a handle; a shaft having a proximal end attached to the handle and a distal end; an elongate treatment element extending from a distal end of the handle, the elongate treatment element comprising: a treatment surface and a back surface opposite the treatment surface; at least two energy delivery members on the treatment surface; a plurality of apertures formed in the treatment surface; and a plurality of indents formed in the back surface of the treatment element, each indent of the plurality of indents being formed opposite each aperture of the plurality of apertures; and a connector for connecting the handle with a power source, wherein the plurality of apertures are configured to provide one or more of suction for suctioning fluid away from mucosal tissue or irrigation for circulating irrigation fluid to mucosal tissue, and wherein the plurality of apertures and the plurality of indents are configured to cooperate to provide flexibility to the elongate treatment element.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the distal end of the shaft comprises a neck that is angled relative to a longitudinal axis of the shaft, and wherein the elongate treatment element is attached to the neck.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the at least two energy delivery members comprise two elongate bipolar radiofrequency electrodes.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the at least two energy delivery members comprise two parallel rows of multiple bipolar radiofrequency electrodes.

5. The device of claim 4 , wherein each of the radiofrequency electrodes comprises a protruding, non-penetrating electrode.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the treatment surface has a convex shape for creating a concave deformity in the soft palate.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of apertures is configured to provide locations for one or more temperature sensors.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the irrigation fluid provided to mucosal tissue is a cooling fluid.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the elongate treatment element has a hook shape, and wherein the treatment surface is configured to contact a superior surface and an inferior surface of the soft palate.

10. The device of claim 1 , wherein the shaft is malleable.

11. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a temperature sensing member on the elongate treatment element, for sensing a temperature of mucosal tissue in contact with the treatment surface.

12. A device for treating a soft palate in a patient, the device comprising: a handle; a shaft having a proximal end attached to the handle and a distal end; an elongate treatment element extending from a distal end of the handle, the elongate treatment element comprising: a treatment surface and a back surface opposite the treatment surface; at least two energy delivery members on the treatment surface; a first plurality of flex members formed in the treatment surface of the treatment element and a second plurality of flex members formed in the back surface of the treatment element, the first plurality of flex members and the second plurality of flex members configured to traverse a width of the treatment element; and a connector for connecting the handle with a power source, wherein the first plurality of flex members comprising apertures and the second plurality of flex members comprising indents, such that an aperture of the first plurality of flex members is positioned opposite an indent of the second plurality of flex members, wherein the apertures are configured to provide one or more of suction for suctioning fluid away from mucosal tissue or irrigation for circulating irrigation fluid to mucosal tissue, and wherein the first plurality of flex members and the second plurality of flex members are configured to cooperate to allow the elongate treatment element to flex with a curvature of the soft palate.

13. The device of claim 12 , wherein the first plurality of flex members are configured to be formed perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the treatment surface of the treatment element.

14. The device of claim 13 , wherein the second plurality of flex members are configured to be formed perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the back surface of the treatment element.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2024
From: AERIN MEDICAL INC.
To: ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 069746/0508 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2023
From: FRAZIER, ANDREW; WOLF, SCOTT J.; DINGER, FRED; YIH, CHARLTON
To: AERIN MEDICAL INC.
Reel/Frame 065036/0245 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 15930676 · May 13, 2020
Continuation In Part 15848951 · Dec 20, 2017
Provisional Application 62847438 · May 14, 2019
Provisional Application 62438300 · Dec 22, 2016
Related Publication 20240122641A1 · Apr 18, 2024
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