KOYA, Vijay,ANNONI, Elizabeth M.,CLARK, Bryan A.,FORSYTH, Bruce,CAO, Hong,DEWITT, Matthew R.,SRIVASTAVA, Kyle H.
申请号：
AU2019223951
公开号：
AU2019223951A1
申请日:
2019.02.19
申请国别(地区):
AU
年份:
2020
代理人:
摘要：
Devices, systems, and methods for regulating glucose levels, including treating diabetes, in accordance with the present disclosure may include a catheter having an expandable or inflatable portion, one or more electrodes disposed on the expandable or inflatable portion of the catheter, wherein the electrodes are configured to deliver energy to a patient's gastrointestinal tract, and a drug delivery mechanism for delivering a drug therapy subsequent to energy delivery by the electrodes. A method for regulating glucose levels according to the present disclosure may include inserting a catheter into a patient's gastrointestinal tract, positioning the catheter in a duodenum of the patient's gastrointestinal tract, expanding or inflating a portion of the catheter in the duodenum, the expandable or inflatable portion of the catheter including electrodes, applying energy to the duodenum via the electrodes to ablate tissue of the duodenum, and delivering a drug therapy to the ablated tissue of the duodenum.
