US 11,857,243 B2
Systems and methods for treating prostate cancer
Michael Hoey, Shoreview, MN (US); Grant Mauch, Delano, MN (US); and Mark Schrom, Forest Lake, MN (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on May 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/871,342.
Application 16/871,342 is a continuation of application No. 14/773,853, granted, now 10,772,670, previously published as PCT/US2014/028985, filed on Mar. 14, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/785,649, filed on Mar. 14, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2020/0337756 A1, Oct. 29, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 18/04 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 18/042 (2013.01) [A61B 8/0841 (2013.01); A61B 18/04 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00005 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00011 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00017 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00023 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00101 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00547 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00642 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00702 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00744 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00791 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00821 (2013.01); A61B 2018/044 (2013.01); A61B 2018/048 (2013.01); A61B 2090/378 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3784 (2016.02); A61B 2218/007 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method of treatment, the method comprising:
inserting a vapor delivery needle into a peripheral zone lobe of a prostate;
using the vapor delivery needle, delivering a first flow of vapor into the peripheral zone lobe;
using the delivered vapor, ablating an entirety of the peripheral zone lobe; and
delivering a second flow of vapor while withdrawing the vapor delivery needle from the prostate.