Patent ID: 6024743
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M,A61N,C08L

Abstract:
An apparatus to treat a uterus, comprising:an expandable member configured to be positioned in a uterine cavity in a non-deployed state, receive an expansion media and extend to a deployed state, release at least a portion of the expansion media through an expandable member exterior surface and upon a removal of at least a portion of the expansion media contract to a non-deployed state;an energy delivery device coupled to the expandable member;a frame member positionable in the interior of the expandable member and having a non-deployed state and a deployed state, the expandable member and the frame member each having a size in the non-deployed states to be introducable into the uterine cavity; anda first thermal sensor member coupled to and advanceable from the frame into a selected site of the uterus.