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Interspersed heating/cooling to shrink tissues for incontinence

  • US 6,572,639 B1
  • Filed: 08/11/2000
  • Issued: 06/03/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/31/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for contracting a collagenous tissue of a patient body, the system comprising:

  • a surface oriented for engaging the tissue;

    an energy source that supplies sufficient energy to selectively contract a portion of the engaged tissue;

    at least one cooling element mounted to the surface to selectively cool another portion of the engaged tissue through the surface; and

    at least one energy transmitting element coupled to the energy source so as to selectively transmit the energy through the surface and into the portion of the engaged tissue, the at least one cooling and energy transmitting elements defining a treatment pattern so that the contracted tissue portion is interspersed with the cooled tissue portion along the tissue engaging surface.

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