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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2004
Oren A. Mosher, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Carine Hoarau, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
Abdul M. Tayeb, San Leandro, CA (US);
George L. Matlock, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Daniel D. Merrick, Dublin, CA (US);
Terry E. Spraker, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Oren A. Mosher, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Carine Hoarau, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
Abdul M. Tayeb, San Leandro, CA (US);
George L. Matlock, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Daniel D. Merrick, Dublin, CA (US);
Terry E. Spraker, Portola Valley, CA (US);
American Medical Systems, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
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.