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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2003
Applicants:
Samuel Cytron, Yavne, IL;
Paul Sofer, Zofit, IL;
Doris Schechter, Zikhron Yakov, IL;
Uri Amir, Or Yehuda, IL;
Roni Zvuloni, Haifa, IL;
Inventors:
Samuel Cytron, Yavne, IL;
Paul Sofer, Zofit, IL;
Doris Schechter, Zikhron Yakov, IL;
Uri Amir, Or Yehuda, IL;
Roni Zvuloni, Haifa, IL;
Assignee:
Galil Medical Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method for protecting the neurovascular bundle during cryoablation of tissues of the prostate by heating the vicinity of the neurovascular bundle while cooling pathological tissues of a prostate to cryoablation temperatures, thereby cryoablating pathological tissues while protecting the neurovascular bundle from damage. A cryoprobe operable to cool a distal operating tip while heating a proximal shaft is presented.