Patent ID: 11889992
Assignee: MEDITRINA, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of characterizing a patient for a gynecologic procedure, comprising the steps of:
providing an endoscope with an elongated endoscope shaft extending about a longitudinal axis with a cervical sealing sleeve slidably disposed over the elongated shaft;
introducing the endoscope shaft through a cervical canal and a uterine cavity and endoscopically positioning a distal end of the shaft in contact with a fundus;
slidably positioning a distal end of the cervical sealing sleeve in contact with an external os;
observing depth markings on the endoscope shaft to measure a combined length of the cervical canal and uterine cavity;
endoscopically positioning the distal end of the shaft proximate an internal os, wherein the depth markings are configured to measure a cervical canal length and a uterine cavity length; and
providing a treatment device for ablating uterine tissue, and configuring the treatment device for treating the uterine cavity.