Systems and methods for prostate treatment
US9833277B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 27, 2010 |
| Grant date | Dec 5, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 4, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2218/005
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An energy delivery probe is provided that may include any of a number of features. One feature of the energy delivery probe is that it can apply energy to tissue, such as a prostrate, to shrink, damage, denaturate the prostate. In some embodiments, the energy can be applied with a vapor media. The energy delivery probe can include a vapor delivery member configured to extend into a transition zone prostate tissue. A condensable vapor media can be delivered from the vapor delivery member into the transition zone tissue, wherein the condensable vapor media can propagate interstitially in the transition zone tissue and be confined in the transition zone tissue by boundary tissue adjacent to the transition zone tissue Methods associated with use of the energy delivery probe are also covered.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.