Patent ID: 6119045
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
A device for maintaining a passage through a prostate gland said device comprising:a catheter adapted to be inserted through an urethra to a prostate gland;heating means for providing heat treatment of tissue of the prostate gland for accomplishing dead tissue, said heating means being provided in the catheter; anda sleeve received over the catheter to follow the catheter during insertion of the catheter through the urethra into a desired position within the prostate gland, said sleeve being formed with an outer diameter that is larger than an inner diameter of the urethra to allow the sleeve to remain in said desired position during said heat treatment and when the catheter is removed from the prostate gland, thereby maintaining a passage having a predetermined lower inner diameter through the prostate gland when tissue within the prostate gland is swollen as a result of said heat treatment.