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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2002
Hong LI, San Diego, CA (US);
Peter S Edelstein, Menlo Park, CA (US);
John T to, Newark, CA (US);
Simon W. H. Thomas, Danville, CA (US);
Benjamin T Nordell, San Mateo, CA (US);
Hong Li, San Diego, CA (US);
Peter S Edelstein, Menlo Park, CA (US);
John T To, Newark, CA (US);
Simon W. H. Thomas, Danville, CA (US);
Benjamin T Nordell, San Mateo, CA (US);
Novasys Medical Inc., Newark, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods are provided for treating female urinary incontinence by injecting a bulking agent at the interface between the mucosal and submucosal layers of the urethral wall. The remodeling device comprises an elongated shaft preferably having means for forming a localized inward protrusion of the urethral wall, and a needle, movable between retracted and deployed positions, for delivering a bulking agent into the urethral wall in the vicinity of the localized inward protrusion to thereby reduce or eliminate symptoms associated with urinary incontinence.