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Prostate visualization device and methods of use

  • US 6,695,787 B2
  • Filed: 05/31/2002
  • Issued: 02/24/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Apparatus for facilitating visualization of a patient'"'"'s prostate/bladder junction, comprising:

  • a catheter having proximal and distal ends, a proximal deployment port at the proximal end, a first outlet port at the distal end, and a first lumen extending therebetween;

    a plunger having proximal and distal ends, the plunger configured to slide longitudinally through the proximal deployment port; and

    at least one deployable member coupled to the distal end of the plunger, wherein the deployable member is expandable from a delivery configuration adapted for transurethral insertion, to a deployed configuration adapted for engagement of a proximal portion of the patient'"'"'s bladder, wherein the deployable member comprises at least one wire loop having a roughened exterior surface, the roughened exterior surface adapted to entrap gas bubbles to facilitate ultrasonic imaging.

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