Transrectal probe
US5404881A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 21, 1993 |
| Grant date | Apr 11, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 21, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2210/166
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A device constituting a transrectal probe comprises a probe body made of a flexible self-supporting polymer material whose degree of flexibility is designed to enable it to comply with the shape of the rectum while having substantially no compression effect on the rectum when inserted therein; the degree of flexibility preferably being defined by a hardness on the Shore A scale of less than about 90. The invention makes it possible to achieve accurate, safe, and reliable positioning of an instrument for detection or therapeutic treatment level with an organ to be observed or treated, and in particular the prostate.
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