Surgery – Instruments – Electrical application
Patent
1997-04-11
1999-10-12
Casler, Brian L.
Surgery
Instruments
Electrical application
604 22, A61B 1736
Patent
active
059647566
ABSTRACT:
A transurethral needle ablation device for use by a human hand to treat the prostate of a human male. The device includes a cartridge assembly having an elongate probe member and a stylet. The elongate probe member has proximal and distal extremities and is provided with a passageway extending from the proximal extremity to the distal extremity. The stylet is slidably mounted in the passageway of the elongate probe member. A housing is included in the device. The cartridge assembly is removably mountable on the housing. An assembly adapted for actuation by the human hand is carried by the housing and coupled to the proximal extremity of the stylet for causing the distal extremity of the stylet to extend into the tissue of the prostate.
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Jones Christopher S.
McGaffigan Thomas H.
Casler Brian L.
Vidamed, Inc.
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