Incontinence treatment with urethral guide
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1. An incontinence treatment system for directing treatment to a target tissue of a patient, the system comprising:
- a urethral guide having a proximal guide portion and a distal guide portion, the distal guide portion configured to be inserted into a urethra of a patient and having at least one urethral positioning surface, said urethral guide including at least one urethral guide palpation member thereon;
a probe body having a proximal probe portion and a distal probe portion, the distal probe portion configured to be inserted into a vagina of the patient and having a treatment delivery surface;
the least one urethral guide palpation member registering with the proximal probe portion so as to register the treatment delivery surface of the probe with the target support tissue of the patient when the at least one urethral positioning surface engages tissue adjacent the urethra.
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Abstract
Devices and methods for aligning a probe body and a treatment surface adjacent a target tissue. A guide shaft can be positioned in a urethra. The probe body can be positioned in a vagina and registered relative to the guide so as to position the treatment surface in alignment with the target tissue.
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1. An incontinence treatment system for directing treatment to a target tissue of a patient, the system comprising:
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a urethral guide having a proximal guide portion and a distal guide portion, the distal guide portion configured to be inserted into a urethra of a patient and having at least one urethral positioning surface, said urethral guide including at least one urethral guide palpation member thereon; a probe body having a proximal probe portion and a distal probe portion, the distal probe portion configured to be inserted into a vagina of the patient and having a treatment delivery surface; the least one urethral guide palpation member registering with the proximal probe portion so as to register the treatment delivery surface of the probe with the target support tissue of the patient when the at least one urethral positioning surface engages tissue adjacent the urethra. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An incontinence treatment system for directing treatment to a target tissue of a patient, the system comprising:
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a urethral guide having a proximal guide portion with a distally oriented meatus engaging surface and a distal guide portion, the distal guide portion configured to be inserted into a urethra of a patient and having an expandable body insertable transurethrally so that the meatus and expandable body can receive the urethra therebetween, the urethral guide including at least one urethral guide palpation member thereon; a probe body movable relative to the urethral guide and having a proximal probe portion and a distal probe portion, the distal probe portion configured to be inserted into a vagina of the patient and having a treatment delivery surface, the probe body including at least one probe body palpation member thereon; and the least one urethral guide palpation member registering with the least one probe body palpation member so as to register the treatment delivery surface of the probe with the target support tissue of the patient when the at least one urethral positioning surface engages tissue adjacent the urethra.
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10. An incontinence treatment method comprising:
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introducing a distal portion of a urethral guide into a urethra of a patient, said urethral guide including at least one urethral guide registration member thereon; engaging at least one of a bladder neck of the patient and a urethral meatus of the patient with a surface of the urethral guide; introducing a distal portion of a probe body into a vagina of the patient; and registering a treatment delivery surface of the probe body by movement of the probe body relative to the urethral guide registration member and to a target support tissue of the patient, the target support tissue offset laterally from the urethra and disposed axially between and separated from the bladder neck and the urethral meatus, registration being effected by registering the urethral registration member with the proximal end of the probe body; and altering support of the urethra by the support tissue with the treatment delivery surface of the probe. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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