Granted Patent
B2
US 12,414,813 · App. 18/591,946 · Granted Sep 16, 2025
Method and device for uterine fibroid treatment
Assignee:
Gynesonics, Inc.
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Abstract
Methods and devices for both imaging and treating uterine fibroid tumors in one real-time system are provided. One minimally invasive method comprises introducing a sheath into a uterus and determining a location of a fibroid using a visualization element within or on the sheath. Upon identification, a portion of the sheath is steered to position at least one treatment needle at the determined location. The needle is then anchored in uterine tissue and the fibroid treated with the needle.
Claims (24)
1. A device for treating a uterine fibroid, the device comprising:
a probe;
a visualization element disposed on the probe and configured to take a real-time image of the fibroid from inside a uterus when the probe is advanced therein;
a plurality of needles configured to deploy into the fibroid while the real-time image of the fibroid being taken using the visualization element is being displayed, wherein the plurality of needles are configured to extend away from a location on the probe in a converging or diverging manner into the fibroid, and wherein the plurality of needles are configured to treat the fibroid; and
wherein the visualization element is moveable independent of the plurality of needles.
2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of needles is configured to treat the fibroid by delivering ablative energy.
3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the ablative energy is one or more of electrical, radiofrequency (RF), laser, microwave, freezing or cryogenic, ultrasound, high frequency ultrasound (HIFU), or radiative.
4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the visualization element comprises an ultrasound transducer.
5. The device of claim 4 , wherein the ultrasonic transducer comprises a phased array transducer having 64 elements or a mechanically scanned transducer.
6. The device of claim 1 , wherein one or more needles of the plurality of needles has an arcuate geometry.
7. The device of claim 1 , wherein one or more needles of the plurality of needles comprise an electrode, antenna, hollow tube, or cutting tube.
8. The device of claim 1 , wherein one or more needles of the plurality of needles is formed from Nitinol.
9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of needles is configured to treat the fibroid by delivering at least one therapeutic agent to the fibroid.
10. The device of claim 1 , wherein the visualization element is one or more of steerable, rotatable, deflectable, flexible, pre-shaped, or pre-formed.
11. The device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of needles comprises at least two treatment needles.
12. The device of claim 1 , wherein one or more needles of the plurality of needles has one or more of a non-linear, straight, linear, arcuate, helical, cork screw, or curved geometry when deployed.
13. The device of claim 1 , wherein one or more needles of the plurality of needles is configured to measure tissue impedance.
14. The device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of needles comprises a first needle and a plurality of second needles, and wherein at least one needle of the plurality of second needles is configured to extend out from an open distal end of the first needle.
15. The device of claim 14 , wherein one or more of (i) the first needle or (ii) the plurality of second needles are deployable from one or more locations on the probe proximal of the visualization element.
16. The device of claim 15 , wherein the first needle and the plurality of second needles are deployable from locations proximal of the visualization element to converge or diverge within the tissue of the fibroid within the field of view of the visualization element.
17. The device of claim 1 , wherein the probe, visualization element, and plurality of needles are integrally formed.
18. The device of claim 1 , wherein the probe, visualization element, and plurality of needles comprise separate, modular components that are configured to be coupled to one another.
19. The device of claim 1 , wherein one or more of (i) at least a portion of the probe, (ii) the visualization element, or (iii) the plurality of needles are one or more of steerable, rotatable, deflectable, flexible, pre-shaped, or pre-formed.
20. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device is configured to be minimally invasive.
Assignments (3)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME 070236/0154
Recorded Apr 24, 2026
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: GYNESONICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 075455/0789 →
SECURITY INTEREST
Recorded Feb 14, 2025
From: GYNESONICS, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 070236/0154 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Mar 4, 2024
From: GROSSMAN, JESSICA
To: GYNESONICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 066640/0412 →
Continuity (9)
Provisional Application
60710712
· Aug 22, 2005
Provisional Application
60649839
· Feb 2, 2005
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