APPARATUS FOR THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF TISSUES BY HYPERTHERMIA, AND IN PARTICULAR THE PROSTATE, USING A URETHRAL MICROWAVE-EMITTING PROBE MEANS EQUIPPED WITH HEAT-PROTECTION MEANS

摘要

The invention relates to an apparatus for the surgical treatment of tissues by hyperthermia, preferably the prostate. This apparatus comprises heating means for inducing hyperthermia, comprising a microwave generating device placed in an emitting probe means adapted to be inserted in a cavity of the body, and is characterized in that it comprises means for protecting from the heat the sensitive tissues other than the tissues to be destroyed, preferably comprising means forming radioreflecting means. Said emitting probe means is preferably a urethral probe means, whose positioning in the prostate is controlled by control means incorporated in a rectal probe means. The invention proves very efficient in the treatment of the prostate without damaging the sensitive tissues other than the tissues to be treated by hyperthermia.