APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR TREATING FEMALE URINARY INCONTINENCE

摘要

Apparatus and methods are provided for treating female urinary incontinence by injecting a bulking agent at the interface between the mucosal and submucosal layers of the urethral wall. The remodeling device comprises an elongated shaft (11) preferably having means for forming a localized inward protrusion of the urethral wall, and a needle (21), movable between retracted and deployed positions, for delivering a bulking agent into the urethral wall in the vicinity of the localized inward protrusion to thereby reduce or eliminate symptoms associated with urinary incontinence.