Organ separation for thermal therapy

USRE38143E1 · kind E1 · reissue

Assignee

• Dorner Medical Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Mark Tierney · Marietta, US
• Richard diMonda · Marietta, US
• John Trachtenberg · Toronto, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 18, 2001
• Grant date: Jun 17, 2003
• Expiry date: Jan 18, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

A method of providing thermal therapy to prostate tissue of a patient. The method includes: inserting a mechanical separator or infusing a fluid to separate human tissue to be treated from nontarget tissue, thereby providing thermal insulation and other beneficial effects, and applying the thermal therapy to the target tissue.