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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROSTATE TREATMENT

  • US 20160081736A1
  • Filed: 11/30/2015
  • Published: 03/24/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), comprising the steps of:

  • positioning an energy-emitting section of a needle in a plurality of locations in a prostate lobe adjacent the prostatic urethra; and

    delivering energy at each location for less than 30 seconds to thereby confine thermal ablation to lobe tissue adjacent the prostatic urethra and preventing thermal diffusion to peripheral lobe tissue.

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