Short term treatment for uterine disorder
First Claim
1. An intravaginal device for treating a female patient'"'"'s uterine disorder by occluding at least one of the patient'"'"'s uterine arteries, comprising:
- a. a first clamping member which hasi. an elongated handle with a proximal handle portion configured to extend out of the patient during treatment and be manipulated by an operator, which has a distal handle portion having a pivot point and which is configured to rotate in a plane about the pivot point, andii. a paddle-shaped jaw which is secured to the distal handle portion, which has a distal end with a pressure applying surface, which has an inside tissue receiving recess proximal to the pressure applying surface with upper and lower longitudinally oriented sides proximal to the distal end defining in part the tissue receiving recess, with the upper longitudinally oriented side in line with the distal handle portion and the lower longitudinally oriented side spaced away from the upper longitudinally oriented side; and
b. a second clamping member which hasi. an elongated handle with a proximal handle portion configured to extend out of the patient during treatment and be manipulated by an operator along with the proximal handle portion of the first clamping member, which has a distal handle portion having a pivot point pivotally secured to the pivot point of the handle of the first clamping member and which is configured to rotate in the plane about the pivot point, andii. a second paddle-shaped jaw secured to the distal handle portion of the second clamping member having a distal end with a pressure applying surface opposed to the pressure applying surface of the first clamping member, a tissue receiving recess proximal to the pressure applying surface extending away from the tissue receiving recess of the first clamping member, a pair of longitudinally oriented sides, with an upper one of the longitudinally oriented sides in the rotational plane of the distal handle portion of the second clamping member and a lower one of the longitudinally oriented sides spaced away from the upper one of the longitudinally oriented sides, wherein the device is mounted to a tenaculum-like device having an elongated shaft to guide the device to the patient'"'"'s uterine cervix, wherein the device has a shoe slider located below the pivot point for mounting the device to the tenaculum-like device, wherein the upper longitudinally oriented sides of the first and second paddle-shaped jaws extend above the shoe slider and the lower longitudinally oriented sides of the first and second paddle-shaped jaws extend below the shoe slider, and wherein the shoe slider is positioned between the upper longitudinally oriented sides and the lower longitudinally oriented sides of the paddle-shaped jaws so that the distal ends of the paddle-shaped jaws are equally disposed above and below the elongated shaft of the tenaculum-like device to properly engage a patient'"'"'s vaginal fornix and to apply pressure to the patient'"'"'s underlying uterine arteries to occlude the arteries.
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Abstract
A method and device for treating a female patient'"'"'s uterine disorder by occluding one or both of the patient'"'"'s uterine artery. The treatment involves occluding one or both of the patient'"'"'s uterine arteries with an intravaginal device to form a thrombus within the occluded artery or arteries and administering an agent which will prolong the occlusion of the artery or arteries after removal of the occluding device or initiate or accelerate fibroid cell apoptosis (programmed cell death). The intravaginal device has a pair of pivotally connected occluding members, with at least one of the occluding member having a movable occluding element on a distal shaft section of the occluding member.
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13 Claims
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1. An intravaginal device for treating a female patient'"'"'s uterine disorder by occluding at least one of the patient'"'"'s uterine arteries, comprising:
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a. a first clamping member which has i. an elongated handle with a proximal handle portion configured to extend out of the patient during treatment and be manipulated by an operator, which has a distal handle portion having a pivot point and which is configured to rotate in a plane about the pivot point, and ii. a paddle-shaped jaw which is secured to the distal handle portion, which has a distal end with a pressure applying surface, which has an inside tissue receiving recess proximal to the pressure applying surface with upper and lower longitudinally oriented sides proximal to the distal end defining in part the tissue receiving recess, with the upper longitudinally oriented side in line with the distal handle portion and the lower longitudinally oriented side spaced away from the upper longitudinally oriented side; and b. a second clamping member which has i. an elongated handle with a proximal handle portion configured to extend out of the patient during treatment and be manipulated by an operator along with the proximal handle portion of the first clamping member, which has a distal handle portion having a pivot point pivotally secured to the pivot point of the handle of the first clamping member and which is configured to rotate in the plane about the pivot point, and ii. a second paddle-shaped jaw secured to the distal handle portion of the second clamping member having a distal end with a pressure applying surface opposed to the pressure applying surface of the first clamping member, a tissue receiving recess proximal to the pressure applying surface extending away from the tissue receiving recess of the first clamping member, a pair of longitudinally oriented sides, with an upper one of the longitudinally oriented sides in the rotational plane of the distal handle portion of the second clamping member and a lower one of the longitudinally oriented sides spaced away from the upper one of the longitudinally oriented sides, wherein the device is mounted to a tenaculum-like device having an elongated shaft to guide the device to the patient'"'"'s uterine cervix, wherein the device has a shoe slider located below the pivot point for mounting the device to the tenaculum-like device, wherein the upper longitudinally oriented sides of the first and second paddle-shaped jaws extend above the shoe slider and the lower longitudinally oriented sides of the first and second paddle-shaped jaws extend below the shoe slider, and wherein the shoe slider is positioned between the upper longitudinally oriented sides and the lower longitudinally oriented sides of the paddle-shaped jaws so that the distal ends of the paddle-shaped jaws are equally disposed above and below the elongated shaft of the tenaculum-like device to properly engage a patient'"'"'s vaginal fornix and to apply pressure to the patient'"'"'s underlying uterine arteries to occlude the arteries. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An intravaginal device for occluding uterine arteries comprising:
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a first clamping member including a first elongated handle having a proximal handle portion and a distal handle portion; a paddle-shaped jaw secured to the distal handle portion, the paddle-shaped jaw having a distal end with a pressure applying surface and upper and lower longitudinally extending sides proximal to the distal end defining a tissue receiving recess located proximal to the pressure applying surface, wherein the upper longitudinally extending side is in alignment with the distal handle portion and the lower longitudinally extending side is spaced away from the upper longitudinally extending side; a second clamping member including a second elongated handle having a second proximal handle portion and a second distal handle portion; a second paddle-shaped jaw secured to the second distal handle portion, the second paddle-shaped jaw having a second distal end with a second pressure applying surface and second upper and lower longitudinally extending sides proximal to the second distal end defining a second tissue receiving recess located proximal to the second pressure applying surface, wherein the second upper longitudinally extending side is in alignment with the second distal handle portion and the second lower longitudinally extending side is spaced away from the second upper longitudinally extending side; a pivot point pivotally connecting the first and second elongated handles together for enabling the first and second upper longitudinally extending sides of the respective first and second paddle-shaped jaws to rotate toward and away from one another within a first plane of rotation that is aligned with the first and second distal handle portions; a shoe slider located below the pivot point; and a tenaculum-like device having an elongated shaft insertible into the shoe slider for stabilizing the intravaginal device, wherein the shoe slider is located between the first and second upper longitudinally extending sides and the first and second lower longitudinally extending sides so that the distal ends of the first and second paddle-like jaws are equally disposed above and below the elongated shaft of the tenaculum-like device to properly engage a patient'"'"'s vaginal fornix and to apply pressure to the patient'"'"'s underlying uterine arteries to occlude the arteries. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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