Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods can treat incontinence by heating between about 100 and about 800 cubic millimeters of endopelvic fascia for sufficient time to effect substantial collagenous tissue shrinkage. A probe body may directly engage the endopelvic fascia, or may be separated from the endopelvic fascia, heating through (for example) the vaginal wall. In either case, tissue-penetrating electrodes may be inserted from the probe body so as to heat the endopelvic fascia.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 15, 2004
Publication date:
September 30, 2004
Applicants:
SURx, Inc., a Corporation of Delaware, Solarant Medical, Inc.
Inventors:
Oren A. Mosher, Carine Hoarau, Abdul M. Tayeb, George L. Matlock, Daniel D. Merrick, Terry E. Spraker