Method and device for causing a stricture of a body passageway

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A61B 18/14 (2006.01)

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CA 2345247

This invention provides for an apparatus and method to cause a stricture in a body passageway. For example, urinary incontinence and vesicoureteral reflux can be treated by inserting an energy-delivering probe into the body passageway of the urinary tract and applying energy to an arcuate segment of the wall of the body passageway to cause injury to the wall, hyperplasia of the tissue surrounding the wall, and stricture of the body passageway. Other applications for the apparatus and method of the present invention includes treatment of gastro-esophageal reflux and fecal incontinence.

La présente invention concerne un dispositif et une méthode de rétrécissement d'un passage corporel. Par exemple, l'incontinence urinaire et le reflux vésico-urétral peuvent être traités par insertion d'une sonde distributrice d'énergie dans le passage corporel du tractus urinaire et par application d'énergie à un segment arqué de la paroi du passage corporel, afin de provoquer un dommage à la paroi, une hyperplasie du tissu entourant la paroi, et un rétrécissement du passage corporel. Le dispositif et la méthode de la présente invention concernent d'autres applications comprenant le traitement de reflux gastro-oesophagien et l'incontinence fécale.

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