Patent ID: 9668764
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M

Claim:
1. An apparatus to treat tissue of a patient, comprising: an elongate treatment probe to treat a patient, the elongate treatment probe extending along an elongate treatment probe axis of the elongate treatment probe and comprising an outer elongate structure having a working channel and an inner carrier rotatable and translatable within the working channel to position and orient an energy source to release energy toward a target tissue; an elongate imaging probe to image the target tissue of the patient, the elongate imaging probe extending along an elongate imaging probe axis of the elongate imaging probe, the elongate imaging probe axis separate from the elongate treatment probe axis; a coupling to couple the elongate treatment probe to the elongate imaging probe when the elongate treatment probe and the elongate imaging probe have been inserted into the patient; a first linkage connected to the inner carrier; and a second linkage connected to the elongate imaging probe; wherein one or more controllers comprise instructions to move the first linkage synchronously with the second linkage to move the inner carrier along the elongate treatment probe axis and move the elongate imaging probe along the elongate imaging probe axis separate from the elongate treatment probe axis in order to maintain an axial alignment of the elongate treatment probe in relation to the elongate imaging probe, and view interaction of the energy source of the inner carrier with tissue when the inner carrier moves along the elongate treatment probe axis to treat the target tissue.