UTERINE TREATMENT APPARATUS

摘要

An apparatus to treat a uterus includes a deployable member (22) configured to be positioned in a uterine cavity in at least a partially deployed state to define a microwave chamber (20) in an interior of the deployable member (22), and removed from the uterine cavity in a non-deployed state. The deployable member (22) is at least partially microwave energy absorbable and formed of a fluid permeable material to house and controllably release a fluidic medium (34) from the microwave chamber (20) when the deployable member (22) is positioned in the uterine cavity in the at least partially deployed state. A microwave emitter (24) is positioned in the microwave chamber (20), the microwave emitter (24) is configured to be coupled to a microwave energy source and deliver microwave energy to the fluidic medium (34), wherein the fluidic medium (34) transfers thermal energy from the microwave emitter (24) to a uterine structure.