Surgical instrument and process

Claim 1

A medical process for treating the prostate area by selectively depositing medication to the prostate area, comprising: selecting an elongated sheath shaped for insertion into the urethra, said sheath having an opening at one end thereof; inserting an obturator having a shaft with a solid end portion into the sheath so that the solid end portion is retained within said opening; inserting the obturator and sheath into the urethra through the external urethra orifice in the penis; moving the obturator and sheath through the urethra so that the solid end portion is positioned to a location adjacent a selected area in the prostate; removing the obturator portion from the sheath once said selected area is obtained; selecting a medication depositing structure retaining medication wherein said structure has two adjacent parallel tubes, one of which provides a channel for receiving a viewing lens structure and the other of which includes at least one opening along the tube and a reciprocating shaft having at least one medication receiving pocket capable of being aligned with said opening upon movement of said shaft, for depositing prostate medication; inserting said medication deposition structure into and through the sheath to said location adjacent a selected area; viewing the location adjacent a selected area in the prostate through said viewing lens in the medication depositing structure; piercing the prostate with said depositing structure to position the medication at said selected area; releasing the medication from the depositing structure into the prostate at said selected area; withdrawing the depositing structure from the sheath; and withdrawing the sheath from the urethra.