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Title:
PROSTATE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2017038954
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide use of a steam feeding needle, an energy feeding probe containing optional features out of various features, and a related method.SOLUTION: One feature of an energy feeding probe is that steam energy which can be condensed is added to a tissue of a prostate, for shrinking, damaging and modifying a prostate. In some embodiments, a needle can apply ablation continuously to a leaf area of the prostate in parallel to an urethral wall. Other features of the steam feeding needle are that a cooling fluid can be introduced to an urethra in treatment.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Inventors:
MICHAEL HOEY
MARK SCHROM
STEPHANOS PAULOS
RANDALL BEYREIS
Application Number:
JP2016213028A
Publication Date:
February 23, 2017
Filing Date:
October 31, 2016
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Assignee:
NXTHERA INC
International Classes:
A61B18/04; A61F7/12
Domestic Patent References:
JP2000014663A2000-01-18
Foreign References:
US20090216220A12009-08-27
US20080208187A12008-08-28
US20060224154A12006-10-05
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takaki Nishijima
Disciple Maru Ken
Shinichiro Tanaka
Ino Sato
Mitsuru Matsushita
Ichiro Kurasawa