Patent ID: 8177781

Claim:
Apparatus for remodeling at least one treatment site within the lower urinary tract of a female patient, the lower urinary tract including a urethra having a urethral lumen and a bladder having a bladder outlet, the apparatus comprising: an elongated shaft having proximal and distal ends and a distal region disposed adjacent to the distal end; a proximal handle; a treatment applicator configured to treat the urethra or bladder outlet by delivering energy in an amount sufficient to cause a reduction in the compliance of the urethra or bladder outlet, the treatment applicator comprising a plurality of needleless electrodes embedded in or located on a lateral surface of the elongated shaft, wherein the needleless electrodes each extend around only a portion of the perimeter of the shaft; at least one irrigation port configured to deliver irrigation to cool the needleless electrodes and mucosal layer of the urethra; and an anchoring member deployable at a predetermined distance distal of the treatment applicator, the anchoring member adapted to be deployed in the bladder and then anchored against the bladder without compressing the urethral lumen or bladder outlet against the treatment applicator, wherein the amount of energy delivered by the treatment applicator does not cause substantial dimensional change to the urethral lumen or bladder outlet.