Catheters for treating prostate disease

Details Catheters for treating prostate disease Catheters for treating prostate disease

1990-04-19

1991-04-16

Cohen, Lee S.

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128788, 128804, 128401, A61N 502

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050074377

ABSTRACT:
Applying squeezing pressure to a diseased prostate, by means of a urethral and/or rectal catheter incorporating an inflatable prostate balloon, to compress the prostate while it is being irradiated from a microwave antenna, increases the therapeutic temperature to which the prostate tissue more distal to the microwave antenna can be heated without heating any non-prostate tissue beyond a maximum safe temperature, and reduces the temperature differential between the heated more distal and more proximate prostate tissue from the microwave antenna.

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