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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2002
Sidney F. Hauschild, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Stephen L. Bolea, Watertown, MN (US);
Johann J. Neisz, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
Sidney F. Hauschild, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Stephen L. Bolea, Watertown, MN (US);
Johann J. Neisz, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
AMS Reseach Corporation, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Abstract
Method and surgical instrument for treating prostate tissue including a surgical instrument having a main body, a needle deployment port, a needle, first and second handles and a lockout release mechanism to limit needle extension. Additionally, a kit includes the surgical instrument, together with a cystoscope, and optionally a syringe and reservoir of ethanol. The method includes needle-less injection and visualizing the ethanol injection by delivering both an echogenic agent and ethanol either by needle or needle-less injection or by providing an ultrasonically visible marker near the tip of the ethanol delivery cannula. The method also includes extending the needle transversely of the instrument housing using a link assembly.