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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1995
Eric N Rudie, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Mitchell Dann, Jackson, WY (US);
John M Reid, Minnetrista, MN (US);
Bruce H Neilson, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
James V Kauphusman, Champlin, MN (US);
James E Burgett, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Stanley E Kluge, Albertville, MN (US);
Steven W Norsted, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Urologix, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A method for treating an individual with diseased prostatic tissue, such as benign prostatic hyperplasia, includes inserting a catheter into a urethra to position a microwave antenna located within the catheter adjacent a prostatic region of the urethra. A microwave antenna is then driven within a power range for applying microwave energy substantially continuously to prostatic tissue to heat the prostatic tissue surrounding the microwave antenna at a temperature and for a time period sufficient to cause necrosis of the prostatic tissue.