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Method and apparatus for treating uterine myoma

  • US 20040153126A1
  • Filed: 11/25/2003
  • Published: 08/05/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for treating uterine myoma, comprising the steps of laying a transducer capable of transmitting and receiving ultrasound to an exterior surface of the abdominal wall of a subject;

  • providing a display of the uterine myoma and a feeding artery of uterine myoma of the subject on a display screen by transmission and reception of ultrasound;

    designating an occlusion point of the feeding artery of uterine myoma on the display screen;

    allowing the transducer to apply focused ultrasound to the occlusion point of the feeding artery and to the vicinity thereof;

    occluding the feeding artery at the occlusion point and in the vicinity thereof acutely or chronically to thereby degenerate and reduce the uterine myoma.

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