US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on May 20 for "Systems and methods for treatment of prostatic tissue" (California, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,181, issued on May 20, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Systems and methods for treatment of prostatic tissue" was invented by Michael Hoey (Shoreview, Minn.) and John H. Shadduck (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prostate therapy system is provided that may include any of a number of features. One feature of the prostate therapy system is that it can access a prostate lobe transurethrally. Another feature of the prostate therapy system is that it can deliver condensable vapor into the prostate to ablate the prostate tissue. Methods associated with use of the prostate therapy sys...