US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Feb. 10 for "Systems and methods for prostate treatment" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,121, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Systems and methods for prostate treatment" was invented by Michael Hoey (Shoreview, Minn.), Mark Schrom (Forest Lake, Minn.), Stephanos Paulos (Little Canada, Minn.), Randall Beyreis (Corcoran, Minn.) and Mark Bilitz (Plymouth, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vapor delivery needle is provided that may include any of a number of features. One feature of the energy delivery probe is that it can apply condensable vapor energy to tissue, such as a prostrate, to shrink, damage, denaturate the prostate. In some embodiments, the vapor delive...