Patent ID: 11864810
Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 14:
15. A method of treatment, comprising:
determining a thickness of a tissue of a bladder of a patient;
inserting a vapor delivery device into a urethra of the patient;
advancing a distal tip of the vapor delivery device into the bladder, wherein the distal tip is narrower than a portion of the vapor delivery device proximal of and adjacent to the distal tip, wherein the portion of the vapor delivery device proximal of and adjacent to the distal tip defines a plurality of vapor delivery ports, wherein the portion of the vapor delivery device proximal of and adjacent to the distal tip is a shaft, and wherein the distal tip is distal tip is distal to each of the plurality of vapor delivery ports;
positioning the distal tip of the vapor delivery device on a surface of the tissue;
advancing the distal tip into the tissue to deform the tissue without puncturing through the thickness of the tissue; and
delivering vapor through the plurality of vapor delivery ports to the tissue to ablate the tissue.