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1. WO2010056745 - SELECTIVE ACCUMULATION OF ENERGY WITH OR WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF TISSUE TOPOGRAPHY

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Publication Number WO/2010/056745
Publication Date 20.05.2010
International Application No. PCT/US2009/064027
International Filing Date 11.11.2009
IPC
A61B 18/14 2006.01
AHUMAN NECESSITIES
61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
18Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
04by heating
12by passing a current through the tissue to be heated, e.g. high-frequency current
14Probes or electrodes therefor
CPC
A61B 17/22004
AHUMAN NECESSITIES
61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
17Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
22Implements for squeezing-off ulcers or the like on ; the inside of; inner organs of the body; Implements for scraping-out cavities of body organs, e.g. bones; Calculus removers; Calculus smashing apparatus; ; Apparatus for removing obstructions in blood vessels, not otherwise provided for
22004using mechanical vibrations, e.g. ultrasonic shock waves
A61B 18/1492
AHUMAN NECESSITIES
61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
18Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
04by heating
12by passing a current through the tissue to be heated, e.g. high-frequency current
14Probes or electrodes therefor
1492having a flexible, catheter-like structure, e.g. for heart ablation
A61B 18/18
AHUMAN NECESSITIES
61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
18Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
18by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves
A61B 18/24
AHUMAN NECESSITIES
61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
18Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
18by applying electromagnetic radiation, e.g. microwaves
20using laser
22the beam being directed along or through a flexible conduit, e.g. an optical fibre; Couplings or; hand-pieces therefor
24with a catheter
A61B 2017/00022
AHUMAN NECESSITIES
61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
17Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
00017Electrical control of surgical instruments
00022Sensing or detecting at the treatment site
A61B 2018/00023
AHUMAN NECESSITIES
61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
18Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
00005Cooling or heating of the probe or tissue immediately surrounding the probe
00011with fluids
00023closed, i.e. without wound contact by the fluid
Applicants
  • MINNOW MEDICAL, INC. [US]/[US] (AllExceptUS)
  • GUSTUS, Rolfe, Tyson [US]/[US] (UsOnly)
  • KUNSTMANAS, Linas [US]/[US] (UsOnly)
  • BLANCK, Arthur, G. [US]/[US] (UsOnly)
Inventors
  • GUSTUS, Rolfe, Tyson
  • KUNSTMANAS, Linas
  • BLANCK, Arthur, G.
Agents
  • BARRISH, Mark, D.
Priority Data
61/115,34417.11.2008US
Publication Language English (EN)
Filing Language English (EN)
Designated States
Title
(EN) SELECTIVE ACCUMULATION OF ENERGY WITH OR WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF TISSUE TOPOGRAPHY
(FR) ACCUMULATION SÉLECTIVE D’ÉNERGIE AVEC OU SANS CONNAISSANCE DE LA TOPOGRAPHIE TISSULAIRE
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Abstract
(EN)
Methods and systems for heating a body tissue region adjacent a body lumen with diseased and healthy portions using selective accumulation of energy in the artery tissue with or without knowledge of tissue topography. The method Includes positioning an energy delivery portion of a catheter body within the lumen adjacent the body tissue region to be heated, determining a pulse characteristic in response to a thermal property of a first tissue type and applying pulsed energy with the pulse characteristic from the energy delivery portion so as to therapeutically treat the second tissue type within the body tissue region by drawing heat from the first tissue type at a rate that avoids significant thermal damage to the first tissue type while building-up heat in the second tissue type.
(FR)
La présente invention concerne des procédés et des systèmes pour chauffer une région de tissu corporel adjacente à une lumière corporelle avec des portions malades et saines en utilisant l’accumulation sélective d’énergie dans le tissu artériel avec ou sans connaissance de la topographie tissulaire. Le procédé comprend le positionnement d’une portion de distribution d’énergie d’un corps de cathéter dans la lumière adjacente à la région de tissu corporel à chauffer, la détermination d’une caractéristique d’impulsion en réponse à une propriété thermique d’un premier type de tissu et l’application d’énergie pulsée ayant la caractéristique d’impulsion depuis la portion de distribution d’énergie de manière à traiter thérapeutiquement le second type de tissu dans la région de tissu corporel en absorbant de la chaleur provenant du premier type de tissu à un taux qui évite des dommages thermiques significatifs au premier type de tissu tout en accumulant de la chaleur dans le second type de tissu.
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EP2355737
CN102271603
CA2743992
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