ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,623, issued on June 10, was assigned to ELESTA S.P.A. (Calenzano, Italy).
"Laser treatment of the prostate" was invented by Leonardo Masotti (Sesto Fiorentino, Italy), Luca Breschi (Vaiano, Italy), Claudio Maurizio Pacella (Rome) and Gianluigi Patelli (Bergamo, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of treating prostatic tissue includes trans-perineally introducing at least one energy delivery device in the prostate of a patient. Once the energy delivery device has been introduced, energy is delivered to a volume of tissue of the prostate until the volume is vaporized or sublimated and a cavity is formed in the prostate tissue...