Incontinence treatment with urethral guide

US6685623B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SURx, Inc. · US

Inventors

• James Presthus · Edina, US
• Timothy G. Dietz · Wayne, US
• Stanley Levy · Wilmington, US
• F. Allen House · Pleasanton, US
• Steven H. Trebotich · Newark, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 20, 2001
• Grant date: Feb 3, 2004
• Expiry date: Nov 22, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2/0022
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Devices and methods for aligning a probe body and electrodes adjacent a target tissue. A guide shaft can be coupled to the probe body for entering a first body orifice. The probe body can be positioned in a second body orifice such that coupling of the probe body and guide shaft positions the electrodes adjacent the target tissue. In exemplary embodiments, the guide shaft is coupled at an offset angular alignment from the probe body.