Patent ID: 7089064

Claim:
A computer program product comprising a computer-usable medium having program logic for controlling an electromagnetic energy applicator in a urethral catheter, the computer program product comprising: temperature setting program code for programming desired prostatic tissue temperature values, each of said values being lower than a subsequent value; temperature determining program code for determining and measuring a temperature value of prostatic tissue; temperature comparing program code for comparing the measured prostatic tissue temperature value to the programmed prostatic temperature values; and control signal adjustment program code for adjusting a power control signal to vary prostatic tissue temperature in accordance with a relationship between the measured prostatic tissue temperature and the programmed prostatic tissue temperature values depending on the time the prostatic tissue has been at the measured prostatic tissue temperature, wherein the prostatic tissue temperature is first maintained at a first temperature value for a first set time period sufficient for acclimatizing the patient and is then increased to subsequent programmed temperature values for periods of time sufficient to achieve a therapeutic effect on the prostate.