US 12,440,258 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 Nov. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/514,065.
Application 18/514,065 is a continuation of application No. 16/871,342, filed on May 11, 2020, granted, now 11,857,243.
Application 16/871,342 is a continuation of application No. 14/773,853, granted, now 10,772,670, issued on Sep. 15, 2020, 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 2024/0081886 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
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, comprising:
inserting a vapor delivery needle into a tissue of a peripheral zone of a prostate, the tissue of the peripheral zone including a cancer lesion; and
delivering an amount of vapor from the vapor delivery needle to the tissue of the peripheral zone, wherein the amount of vapor is configured to ablate all tissue comprising the peripheral zone of the tissue.