US 12,186,011 B2
Devices, systems, and methods for pulsed electric field treatment of the duodenum
Robert Anthony D'Agostino, Woodbury, MN (US); John Samuel Batchelder, Somers, NY (US); John Bernard Logan, Plymouth, MN (US); Alex Alden Peterson, Maple Grove, MN (US); Michael Patrick Brenzel, St. Paul, MN (US); Corey Addison Fanger, Victoria, MN (US); John Robert Ballard, Waconia, MN (US); Paul Hindrichs, Plymouth, MN (US); and Matthew Heidner, Maple Grove, MN (US)
Assigned to Endogenex, Inc., Plymouth, MN (US)
Filed by ENDOGENEX, INC., Plymouth, MN (US)
Filed on Oct. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/076,692.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/029,275, filed on May 22, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/924,100, filed on Oct. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0113265 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/08 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/1492 (2013.01) [A61B 18/082 (2013.01); A61B 18/1206 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00214 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00494 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00791 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00964 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00982 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1467 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for treating tissue of a patient, comprising:
a first elongate body comprising a lumen;
a second elongate body at least partially positioned within the lumen;
an expandable member rolled about the second elongate body, wherein the expandable member comprises an inner end coupled to the second elongate body, an outer end coupled to the first elongate body, and an electrode array; and
a first gear and a second gear each coupled to the second elongate body, the first gear coupled to a proximal portion of the expandable member and the second gear coupled to a distal portion of the expandable member.