Patent ID: 11896823
Assignee: BTL HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES A.S.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 13:
14. A method for a female genital tissue treatment comprising:
providing an internal applicator including an insertable part and a non-insertable part;
wherein the insertable part includes a first energy delivery element and a second energy delivery element configured for treatment of a vaginal tissue;
wherein the first energy delivery element is a first ring-shaped circular electrode;
wherein the first ring-shaped circular electrode is configured to provide a radiofrequency energy and the second energy delivery element is configured to provide an electric energy different from the radiofrequency energy;
with the first ring-shaped circular electrode having a length in a range of 0.1 mm to 100 mm and a radius in a range of 0.2 cm to 20 cm;
wherein the non-insertable part and a center of at least one of the first ring-shaped circular electrode or the second energy delivery element are configured to be on a same longitudinal axis;
wherein the first ring-shaped circular electrode and the second energy delivery element are perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; and
wherein the first ring-shaped circular electrode and the second energy delivery element are spaced apart from each other by a distance in a range of 0.01 mm to 20 mm;
inserting the insertable part having a length in a range of 0.75 cm to 20 cm at least partially into a vagina;
transferring the radiofrequency energy into the genital tissue of the vagina with the first ring-shaped circular electrode to heat an epithelium of the vagina;
wherein the radiofrequency energy is in a range of 350 kHz to 100 MHz with an output up to 450 W providing an energy flux in a range 0.001 W/cm2 to 1500 W/cm2; and
transferring the electric energy into the genital tissue of the vagina with the second electrode;
wherein the electric energy is configured to provide a nonthermal effect.