Patent ID: 7470271

Claim:
A device for effecting a desired contraction of a discrete target region of a tissue so as to treat incontinence, the target region having a target region size and shape, the device comprising: a probe having a treatment surface, the treatment surface size and shape corresponding to the size and shape of the target region; and a two-dimensional array of cylindrical shaped electrodes disposed along the treatment surface and arranged in a plurality of bipolar pairs, the electrodes in the bipolar pairs having a radius of curvature in a range from about 0.05 mm to about 2 mm and separated by a predetermined distance which limits a depth of tissue heating, the electrodes being engageable against the target region for transmitting energy from the treatment surface to the target region without moving the probe such that the energy effects the desired contraction of the target tissue without ablating the target tissue, and so that the contracted target tissue inhibits the incontinence; wherein the two-dimensional array of cylindrical shaped electrodes is defined by a plurality of rows of bipolar pairs, each row in the two-dimensional array including one or more bipolar pairs of electrodes.