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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 08, 2012
Applicants:

Vincent G. Copa, Minnetonka, MN (US);

Sidney F. Hauschild, St. Paul, MN (US);

Inventors:

Vincent G. Copa, Minnetonka, MN (US);

Sidney F. Hauschild, St. Paul, MN (US);

Assignee:

AMS Research Corporation, Minnetonka, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/30 (2006.01); A61M 37/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61M 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 37/00 (2013.01); A61M 25/0023 (2013.01); A61M 25/007 (2013.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61M 31/00 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0037 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of treating a prostate condition, including the steps of providing a needleless injector that includes a body at a proximal end, an injection shaft extending from the body to a distal end of the injection shaft, an injection orifice at the distal end of the injection shaft and positioned for fluid ejection in a lateral direction relative to a longitudinal axis of the injection shaft, a pressure source in communication with the fluid chamber, and an extendable tissue tensioner located at the distal end of the injection shaft proximal to the injection orifice; inserting the injection shaft into a urethra so the injection orifice is located within the prostatic urethra; actuating the tissue tensioner to contact urethral tissue, and injecting fluid from the injection orifice into the prostate.


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