DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA LASER TREATMENT

摘要

A method and device providing for high power BPH laser treatments in a setting wherein local anesthetics are employed, making the treatments administrate in a doctor's office or a clinic, and allowing the patient to remain conscious throughout the procedure The treatment can be administered in a session lasting for about 45 minutes and having a lasing time within the range of about 10 minutes to 20 minutes The treatments are ablative in nature wherein laser radiation is provided generally in a pulsed mode at preselected power output levels of at least about 100 Watts at wavelengths of 980 nm and/or 1460 nm The device includes a stable high power laser source and an optical fiber connected to the laser source that is capable of carrying high power laser radiation The device is mobile and/or portable and can be operated with a standard 110/220 volt alternating current (AC) power source.