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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4914717 | Microwave actuable heating pad and method A device and method are shown for treating a localized area of pain in the human body. A heating pad is applied to the localized area, the pad having a layer of matrix material which is actuable by exposure to microwave energy. The heating pad is heated b... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4878493 | Hand-held diathermy apparatus A hand-held or portable diathermy apparatus is disclosed comprising a housing, a battery power supply preferably within the housing, and at least one electrode carried by the housing. The apparatus includes a radio frequency power generator for generating... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4846196 | Method and device for the hyperthermic treatment of tumors A method and device for hyperthermic treatment of tumors. At least two electrodes connected to an RF source of energy are brought into contact with the patient's body for transmission of RF energy to the tumor area. One of the electrodes constitutes a tre... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4768513 | Method and device for measuring and processing light A method and device for measuring and processing light whereby laser light is irradiated onto positions of an organism which has been injected with a fluorescent substance having a strong affinity for tumors, the fluorescence and the reflected light produ... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4763671 | Method of treating tumors using selective application of heat and radiation A catheter for use in treating tumors is flexible and relatively small in diameter so that it can be inserted interstitially into the tumor mass. A conductor is provided along the length of the catheter and is electrically insulated except for a small len... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4732161 | Device for treatment through hyperthermia The present invention concerns a device for treatment by hyperthermia, comprising unipolar probes adapted to be disposed in an area to be treated of a patient, and comprising vector tubes intended to be implanted in the said area to be treated and to cont... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4712559 | Local current capacitive field applicator for interstitial array An electromagnetic hyperthermia system for heating local regions of body tissue wherein the system includes a source of electromagnetic radiation connected to a power divider for distributing radiation to several power control devices that control the ele... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4679561 | Implantable apparatus for localized heating of tissue With the object of repetitively treating deep-seated, inoperable tumors by hyperthermia as well as locally heating other internal tissue masses repetitively, a receiving antenna, transmission line, and electrode arrangment are implanted completely within ... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4644955 | Circuit apparatus and method for electrothermal treatment of cancer eye Circuitry for use in a hand-held electronic probe for passing high frequency current through malignant eye tissue of livestock or other tissue such as warts includes a thermistor in a probe tip that contacts the tissue, producing a voltage that controls a... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4621642 | Microwave apparatus for physiotherapeutic treatment of human and animal bodies A wide bandwidth multifrequency direct contact type microwave physiotherapeutic apparatus for replacing acupuncture therapy in medical and hygenic practice is provided. The apparatus comprises a microwave generator with a multifrequency output varying wit... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4531524 | Circuit apparatus and method for electrothermal treatment of cancer eye Circuitry for use in a hand-held electronic probe for passing high frequency current through malignant eye tissue of livestock or other tissue such as warts includes a thermistor in a probe tip that contacts the tissue, producing a voltage that controls a... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4448198 | Invasive hyperthermia apparatus and method Invasive hyperthermia apparatus includes an electromagnetic energy radiation source, and a plurality of applicators. Each applicator is adapted for insertion into body tissue and radiating electromagnetic energy therein. Interconnected between the applica... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4392040 | Induction heating apparatus for use in causing necrosis of neoplasm Induction heating can be utilized to cause necrosis of neoplasm as a result of hyperthermia by a process involving the injection of particles having hysteresis heating characteristics into tissue either within or in close proximity to the neoplasm and the... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4346715 | Hyperthermia heating apparatus The present invention is an improved array of electrodes for use in delivering electromagnetic energy to a localized area of a patient's body in a hyperthermic treatment so that it provides a uniform distribution of electromagnetic flux lines within the l... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4323056 | Radio frequency induced hyperthermia for tumor therapy The instant invention is directed to a noninvasive tumor treatment modality which results in a reduction of tumor mass and may lead to complete eradication of a tumor. The inventive method comprises localized magnetically-coupled, RF-induced hyperthermia ... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4289135 | Apparatus for destroying a selected part of biological tissue An apparatus for destroying a neoplasm, such as a tumor, including electrodes (9,12) connected to a source (1) of direct voltage, of which electrodes one (9) is intended to be arranged in the neoplasm (16) and the other to be brought into electrically con... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4285346 | Electrode system A pair of electrodes are energized in opposite phase by a radio frequency electric source having a common connection to said electrodes differing in length by a 1/2 wave length, and electrode isolation when unenergized is obtained utilizing lengths of con... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4269199 | Inducing local hyperthermia by inductive diathermy A method for inducing local hyperthermia in treatment of a tumor by short wave diathermy which involves moving an induction coil over the portion of the body containing the tumor such that the axis of the coil constantly transects different portions of th... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4237898 | Apparatus for heating tissue and employing protection against transients Apparatus is described for heating tissue and which is particularly useful for treating tumors in humans and animals. A radio frequency a-c electric current is caused to flow between two electrodes or one electrode and ground directly through both the tum... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4154246 | Field intensification in radio frequency thermotherapy A technique in the treatment of tumors in humans utilizing radio frequency electromagnetic radiation to produce necrosis of the tumors by which intensification at the situs of the tumor of a radio frequency field applied across the portion of the body con... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4119102 | Radio frequency treatment of tumors while inducing hypotension The method of treating tumors by radio frequency heating at the location of the tumor to cause necrosis of the tumor tissue in which hypotension is induced during the treatment.... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4095602 | Multi-portal radiofrequency generator A unique apparatus for multi-portal administration of radiofrequency range electromagnetic energy for therapeutic treatment of interior portions of various substrates including animals and humans which comprises an R.F. signal generator which is connected... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4016886 | Method for localizing heating in tumor tissue A method for a localized tissue heating of tumors is disclosed. Localized radio frequency current fields are produced with specific electrode configurations. Several electrode configurations are disclosed, enabling variations in electrical and thermal pro... | 04/12/1977 |
| 3991770 | Method for treating benign and malignant tumors utilizing radio frequency, electromagnetic radiation A method of treating tumors, both benign and malignant, such as carcinoma, sarcoma, cysts and avascular lesions, in animals, such as humans, by radio frequency heating at the location of the tumor in the host with intensity and duration sufficient to caus... | 11/16/1976 |
