Patent ID: 7291129

Claim:
Apparatus for remodeling a treatment site within the urinary tract of a female patient, the urinary tract including a urethra having a urethral lumen and a bladder having a bladder outlet, the apparatus comprising: an elongated shaft having a proximal end, a distal end and a distal region disposed adjacent to the distal end; a handle coupled to the proximal end; an expandable member affixed to the distal region in the vicinity of the distal end, the expandable member adapted to be deployed in the bladder and anchored against the bladder outlet; means for selectively forming a localized inward protrusion of the urethral wall; and a needle disposed to penetrate the urethral wall in the vicinity of the localized inward protrusion to inject a bulking agent at the interface of the mucosal and submucosal layers.