THERAPEUTIC ENDO-RECTAL PROBE, IN PARTICULAR FOR TREATMENT OF PROSTATIC CANCER

摘要

A therapeutic endo-rectal probe (12) comprises at least a piezoelectrictransducer element (20) mounted in a support mem-ber (30) itself connected to a rigid guide means (32) enabling endo-rectalinsertion of said probe, the outside shape of said sup-port member preferably being that of a disk having an outline that is for themost part substantially circular or substantially ellipt-ical, thereby facilitating endo-rectal insertion.