Patent · US Expired

Apparatus and method for protecting tissues during cryoablation

US7479139B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9Claims

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Assignee

GALIL MEDICAL INC. · IL

Inventors

Samuel Cytron · Yavne, IL
Paul Sofer · Rekhasim, IL
Doris Schechter · Beer Yaakov, IL
Uri Amir · Or Yehuda, IL
Roni Zvuloni · Haifa, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 14, 2003
Grant date	Jan 20, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 19, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2018/0293
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus and method for protecting the neurovascular bundle during cryoablation of tissues of the prostate by heating the vicinity of the neurovascular bundle while cooling pathological tissues of a prostate to cryoablation temperatures, thereby cryoablating pathological tissues while protecting the neurovascular bundle from damage. A cryoprobe operable to cool a distal operating tip while heating a proximal shaft is presented.

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