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TREATMENT OF UTERINE FIBROIDS BY ARTERIAL ABLATION

  • US 20140378963A1
  • Filed: 06/20/2013
  • Published: 12/25/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2013
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of treating a uterine fibroid, the method comprising:

  • (i) piercing a blood vessel that supplies blood to the fibroid with a sharp distal end of a needle probe, the needle probe including an electrically conductive electrode located at and/or adjacent to the distal end of the needle probe;

    (ii) positioning the electrode within the blood vessel; and

    (iii) supplying energy to the electrode to ablate the blood vessel and thereby destroy the supply of blood to the fibroid through the blood vessel.

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