Patent ID: 6283962
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A method for treating the endometrosis of a patient with a medical ablation device system, the device system comprising an elongate tubular element having a distal section, a distal end, a proximal end, and at least one lumen extending therebetween, wherein an opening is located at one side of the distal section; an inner tubing located within the lumen of the elongate tubular element, the inner tubing having a distal section, a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending therebetween, wherein a deployable electrode is located at the distal section of the inner tubing, the deployable electrode comprising a pre-shaped extendible electrode that stays within the lumen of the elongate tubular element under a non-deployed state and extends out of the elongate tubular element through the opening during a deployment state; a handle attachably secured at the proximal end of the tubular element, the handle having a cavity; and an external RF energy generator having a conducting wire, wherein the energy is supplied to the deployable electrode through the conducting wire;the method comprising the steps of:(a) inserting the medical ablation device system into the abdominal cavity of a patient using a standard laparoscopic technique;(b) positioning the tip of the device system upon the wall of the abdominal cavity where an endometrosis prevails;(c) deploying the extendible electrode out of the opening of the elongate tubular element of the device system; and(d) applying RF energy to the extendible electrode of the device system to effect heat treatment of the endometrosis.