Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Thermal applicators
Patent
1993-05-24
1996-01-02
Cohen, Lee S.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Thermal applicators
607102, 607113, 607116, 607156, A61N 502
Patent
active
054804175
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for the surgical treatment of tissues by thermal effect, in particular prostate, is disclosed comprising a urethral emitting probe having a front end and a rear end, capable of being inserted in the urethra, provided with microwave antenna located intermediate or in the vicinity of said front end, said microwave antenna being connected to an external microwave generating device, and working at a frequency and at a power effective to heat said tissues to a predetermined temperature for a period of time sufficient to treat said tissues by thermal effect.
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Cathaud Muriel
Devonec Marian
Hascoet Gerard
Jacomino Jean-Marie
LaCoste Francois
Cohen Lee S.
Technomed Medical Systems
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