Patent ID: 7507197
Filing Date: 2009-03-24
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. Device for effecting radiation treatment of benign or malign prostate hyperplasia in a prostate of a human male having a bladder with a base and a penis with an urethra having an urethral wall extending from the base of the bladder through the prostate, said device comprising: a urethral probe adapted to be inserted within said urethra; a catheter probe having an elongated body with a circumferential surface, a distal end and a proximal end, said catheter probe adapted to be inserted in said urethral probe with its proximal end within the urethra towards the prostate; said elongated body of said catheter probe having a longitudinal bore extending from said distal end towards at least one outlet opening present in said circumferential surface near said proximal end; a catheter tube having a distal end and a proximal sharp end, said catheter tube adapted to be inserted with its proximal sharp end through said longitudinal bore of said elongated body, through said at least one outlet opening and adapted to be inserted through said urethral wall towards at least one desired location within the prostate to be treated; said urethral probe being made of a material to be perforated by said proximal sharp end of said catheter tube at arbitrary positions relative to the prostate; and means for delivering a certain pre-planned amount of radiation energy via said catheter tube near or at said at least one desired location within said prostate for effecting said radiation treatment, said catheter probe being movably accommodated within said urethral probe.