Patent ID: 6179831
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A method for treating benign prostate hyperplasia, the method comprising the steps of:(a) inserting a cystoscope into a prostatic urethra portion of a urethra of a patient having benign prostate hyperplasia;(b) guiding a probe of a cryoprobe having an operating tip through a channel of said cystoscope to a portion of said prostatic urethra;(c) navigating said operating tip through a wall of said prostatic urethra into at least one location at a time of a prostate of said patient; and(d) operating said cryoprobe thereby cooling said operating tip and producing an ice-ball of prostate tissue around said operating tip, so as to locally freeze a portion of said prostate, yet substantially avoid freezing said prostatic urethra.