US 12,336,750 B2
Soft palate treatment
Andrew Frazier, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Scott J. Wolf, Menlo Park, CA (US); Fred Dinger, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Charlton Yih, San Mateo, CA (US)
Assigned to Aerin Medical Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Aerin Medical Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/474,971.
Application 18/474,971 is a continuation of application No. 15/930,676, filed on May 13, 2020, granted, now 11,806,071.
Application 15/930,676 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/848,951, filed on Dec. 20, 2017, granted, now 11,116,566, issued on Sep. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/847,438, filed on May 14, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/438,300, filed on Dec. 22, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0122641 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/08 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/1485 (2013.01) [A61B 18/02 (2013.01); A61B 18/082 (2013.01); A61B 18/1815 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320069 (2017.08); A61B 2018/00023 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00821 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1253 (2013.01); A61B 2018/126 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1422 (2013.01); A61B 2218/007 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for treating a soft palate in a patient, the device comprising: a handle; a shaft having a proximal end attached to the handle and a distal end; an elongate treatment element extending from a distal end of the handle, the elongate treatment element comprising: a treatment surface and a back surface opposite the treatment surface; at least two energy delivery members on the treatment surface; a plurality of apertures formed in the treatment surface; and a plurality of indents formed in the back surface of the treatment element, each indent of the plurality of indents being formed opposite each aperture of the plurality of apertures; and a connector for connecting the handle with a power source, wherein the plurality of apertures are configured to provide one or more of suction for suctioning fluid away from mucosal tissue or irrigation for circulating irrigation fluid to mucosal tissue, and wherein the plurality of apertures and the plurality of indents are configured to cooperate to provide flexibility to the elongate treatment element.