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Method for treating fecal incontinence

  • US 8,597,290 B2
  • Filed: 04/20/2010
  • Issued: 12/03/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/14/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for treating fecal incontinence comprisinginserting a transparent structure into an anal cavity, the transparent structure having a plurality of guide channels,visualizing from outside the anal cavity a dentate line within the anal canal through the transparent structure,while visualizing the dentate line, slidably advancing a plurality of electrodes through the guide channels into tissue at or near an anal sphincter above the dentate line, the electrodes having a bend,applying energy through the electrodes to create a lesion in the sphincter, andconveying fluid into contact with the tissue to cool the tissue while applying energy to the electrodes.

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