Device for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia

摘要

PCT No. PCT/EP95/03696 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 20, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 20, 1997 PCT Filed Sep. 19, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96/09010 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 28, 1996A device for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia by heat treatment has an elongated contact applicator (10) with a heating tip at its free end (18), the tip being insulated by thermal insulation from the rest of the contact applicator, and a control device for feeding electric power to the contact applicator (10) is provided in such a manner that the heat given off by the jacketed heating conductor is restricted to a heating region (15) adjacent to the free end (18) of the contact applicator. The control device (20) comprises a control unit for controlling the feeding of electric power in accordance with a preset program. The heating region (15) can be brought into direct or indirect contact with the tissue area (2, 3, 4) to be treated.