An apparatus and a system for performing thermotherapy on at least a portion of a tissue site is described. The apparatus and system comprise a heating probe comprising an emitting area. The heating probe is connectable to an energy source for heating the tissue by the emitting area. The apparatus and system comprise a sleeve. The heating probe is arrangable in the sleeve, and the sleeve is configured to be slid along the heating probe in a distal and/or proximal direction for positioning of the emitting area in said portion of tissue for controlling the thermotherapy.

Methods and systems for modulating intraosseous nerves (e.g., nerves within bone) are provided. For example, the methods and systems described herein may be used to modulate (e.g., denervate, ablate) basivertebral nerves within vertebrae. The modulation of the basivertebral nerves may facilitate treatment of chronic back pain. The modulation may be performed by a neuromodulation device (e.g., an energy delivery device).

A method for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided interstitial thermal therapy includes receiving MRI data for tissue of a patient, generating an apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) map from the MRI data, identifying a target site for thermal therapy based on the ADC map, wherein the target site is a tumor identified by low ADC values on the ADC map, planning the thermal therapy for the target site including identifying a plurality of individual localized areas to be ablated during delivery of the thermal therapy, the plurality of individual localized areas having the lowest ADC values among the low ADC values within the target site, activating a laser to deliver the thermal therapy to the plurality of individual localized areas using a laser fiber, and monitoring progress of the thermal therapy using MR thermometry.

Disclosed is a system provided with cooling fluid for interstitial laser therapy that limits and/or provides control of the laser ablation zone produced by a device for interstitial laser therapy, which allows for better control of the laser ablation zone and more predictive and accurate interstitial laser therapy. The device for interstitial laser therapy includes an optical waveguide having an optical output end and an optical diffuser optically coupled to, optically associated with, or positioned about the optical output end. An irrigation tube directs cooling fluid to flow out of a distal end of the irrigation tube which directs cooling fluid to flow inside of and/or outside of the optical diffuser.

A system comprises a teleoperated manipulator, a manually operated instrument, and a position sensor coupled to the manually operated instrument. The position sensor is configured to generate pose information for the manually operated instrument. The system further comprises a controller configured to map a pose of the manipulator to a fixed world reference frame based on three-dimensional pose information for the manipulator known internally within the system. The controller is further configured to map a pose of the manually operated instrument to the fixed world reference frame based on the pose information for the manually operated instrument.

A method of nonsurgical orbital fat reduction includes providing an electromagnetic energy system that includes an electromagnetic energy source and a patient interface coupled to the electromagnetic energy source. The patient interface includes an elongate member configured to deliver electromagnetic energy generated by the electromagnetic energy source to tissue of a medical patient. The method also includes inserting at least a distal portion of the elongate member into an orbital fat pad of the medical patient and delivering a sufficient amount of electromagnetic energy from the electromagnetic energy source to the orbital fat pad to cause the orbital fat pad to shrink in volume.

The method provides for the following steps: —acquiring data indicative of an ultrasound machine comprising: a base unit, a probe associated with the base unit, and a needle guide associated with the probe for guiding needles in a volume subjected to ultrasound imaging by means of said probe and said base unit; —from a database, retrieving information associated with said ultrasound machine; —displaying, on a monitor, an ultrasound image acquired by means of the base unit; —superimposing, to the ultrasound image on the monitor, a set of guide traces for guiding the insertion of needles in the volume subjected to ultrasound imaging, said guide traces being coordinated with the acquired ultrasound images by means of the information retrieved from the database.

A method for treating pelvic pain and or chronic prostatitis, and or overactive bladder symptoms. Energy, preferably in the form of infrared or near infrared wavelength light may be applied across the vaginal tissue or rectal tissue to treat pelvic pain and or chronic prostatitis. This method of energy application may cause local heating, alteration of cellular respiration, and alterations of local blood flow resulting in decreased muscle spasm, and or decreased pain, and or decreased overactive bladder symptoms. The method of the present invention may effectively treat chronic pelvic pain and or the symptoms of chronic prostatitis. The method of the invention may combine massaging of tissue with irradiation of same.

Methods for improving transmucosal delivery of Photobiomodulation to the body of a patient. Near infrared energy can be delivered through natural body openings in order to deliver therapeutic irradiance to deep tissues and organs. The use of a double sheath mechanism of energy introduction may decrease the discomfort associated with the present method of delivery among those patients with allodynia or severe hyperalgesia. Energy device power settings can be further optimized to improve outcomes and decrease the incidence of known adverse events. Furthermore, the availability of intuitive large screen user interfaces provides a unique opportunity to gather real-time, real-world patient experience (RWE) data.

A medical interventional tool has distal and proximal ends. A responsive material is located at the distal end or elsewhere along the interventional tool and is capable of providing a temperature-dependent or pressure-dependent optical response. At least one optical guide is in optical communication with the responsive material to collect an optical signal from the responsive material located at the distal end or other location along the interventional tool. The at least one optical guide further guides the collected optical signal to an optical output at the proximal end of the interventional tool. An optical response analyzer is configured to receive the collected optical signal from the optical output and to process the collected optical signal to derive therefrom a temperature or pressure reading or indication representative of a temperature or pressure at the distal end or other location along the interventional tool.