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

Claim 9:
10. A method of treatment, comprising:
positioning a vapor delivery device, having a portion defining a plurality of vapor delivery ports, within a bladder of a patient such that a distal tip of the vapor delivery device contacts a surface of a tissue of the bladder, wherein the distal tip is narrower than the portion of the vapor delivery device defining the plurality of vapor delivery ports, wherein the portion defining the plurality of vapor delivery ports is a shaft, and wherein the distal tip is distal to each of the plurality of vapor delivery ports;
advancing the distal tip into the surface of the tissue such that the distal tip deforms the tissue but does not puncture through a thickness of the tissue; and
delivering vapor through the plurality of vapor delivery ports to the surface of the tissue to ablate the tissue.