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Patents Assigned to Technomed Medical Systems Inserm-Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale

Therapeutic endo-rectal probe, and apparatus constituting an application thereof for destroying cancer tissue, in particular of the prostate, and preferably in combination with an imaging endo-cavitary-probe

Patent number: 5666954

Abstract: A therapeutic endo-rectal probe comprises at least a piezoelectric transducer element mounted in a support member itself connected to a rigid guide means enabling endo-rectal insertion of said probe, the outside shape of said support member preferably being that of a disk having an outline that is for the most part substantially circular or substantially elliptical, thereby facilitating endo-rectal insertion.

Type: Grant

Filed: June 7, 1995

Date of Patent: September 16, 1997

Assignees: Technomed Medical Systems Inserm-Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Parc d'Activites la Poudrette Lamartine

Inventors: Jean-Yves Chapelon, Dominique Cathignol, Albert Gelet, Emmanuel Blanc