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Systems and methods for treating the prostate

  • US 9,968,395 B2
  • Filed: 12/10/2014
  • Issued: 05/15/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for treating a prostate, comprising the steps of:

  • inserting a vapor delivery system into a urethra of a patient;

    advancing a distal portion of the vapor delivery system to a bladder neck of the patient;

    viewing the distal portion of the vapor delivery system with a camera disposed on or within the vapor delivery system;

    measuring a distance from the bladder neck to a first treatment region in a first lobe of the prostate with a field of view of the camera;

    pulling the distal portion of the vapor delivery system proximally across the field of view of the camera to the first treatment region;

    deploying a vapor delivery needle from the vapor delivery system into the first treatment region of the first lobe; and

    delivering vapor into the first treatment region of the first lobe of the prostate to ablate tissue in the prostate.

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