APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THERMAL ABLATION OF UTERINE FIBROIDS

摘要

A system for delivering a treatment probe (231) to a treatment target (150) within a body cavity (114), comprising a delivery sleeve (230) having a distal portion operable to be inserted into a body cavity, said delivery sleeve being sized to accommodate at least one treatment probe and being operable to deliver a treatment head (232) of said treatment probe to a vicinity of said treatment target when said distal portion of said sleeve is inserted in said body cavity, said delivery sleeve being further characterized in that said sleeve comprises an opening (698) running along its length, said opening being sized to permit passage therethrough of said treatment probe.