Patent ID: 6682555
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M

Abstract:
A catheter for treating a condition of the prostate, comprising:an elongated axially extending shaft; a treatment balloon secured to the shaft and configured to expand outwardly therefrom; an outwardly expandable permeable or porous sleeve configured to overlie the treatment balloon, the sleeve being independently inflatable from the treatment balloon; a quantity of flowable biocompatible biodegradable stent material disposed intermediate the treatment balloon and the sleeve; a bladder-anchoring balloon secured to the shaft above the treatment balloon and configured to expand outwardly from the shaft; a sealing balloon secured to the shaft below the treatment balloon and configured to expand outwardly from the shaft; a urinary drainage channel extending through the shaft; and a flowable fluent biocompatible stent material channel having at least one ejection port formed in the shaft in fluid communication with the sleeve so as to direct the flowable biocompatible stent material therein, the flowable material channel being in fluid isolation with the drainage channel; wherein, in operation, the treatment balloon is adapted to inflate to press the flowable stent material released from the sleeve into the targeted tissue in the body.