PROSTATA-BALLONDILATOR

An apparatus for dilation of the prostate urethra (11) comprises a urinary catheter (10) for insertion in the prostate urethra (11), dilation means (18) mounted on the proximal section of the catheter (10) and in communication with the interior of the catheter (10), location means (20) mounted axial...

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Hauptverfasser:	REDDY, PRATAP KONUDULLA, BLOOMINGTON STATE OF MINNESOTA, US, MIKULICH, MICHAEL ANDREW, SHAKOPEE STATE OF MINNESOTA, US, CLARK, DAVID WINSTON, NEW HOPE STATE OF MINNESOTA, US
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	ger
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	An apparatus for dilation of the prostate urethra (11) comprises a urinary catheter (10) for insertion in the prostate urethra (11), dilation means (18) mounted on the proximal section of the catheter (10) and in communication with the interior of the catheter (10), location means (20) mounted axially on the catheter (10) at a distance from the dilation means (18) such that the location means (20) is at the bulbous urethra when the dilation means (18) is at the prostate urethra (11), and activating means for activating said dilation means (18) and said location means (20). A method for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia comprises inserting a catheter (10) having dilation means (18) and location means (20) and removing the catheter (10) after dilation.