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US Patent 4638436 - Temperature control and analysis system for hyperthermia treatment
US Patent Issued on January 20, 1987
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
September 24, 2004Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
September 24, 2004Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.AbstractA system for controlling a hyperthermia treatment device having energy applicators for heating a portion of a patient's body to attain a predetermined temperature protocol for therapeutic treatment of patient tumors. The system monitors energy application and displays a video presentation of correlative temperature data to an operator who responds by adjusting the energy application to achieve the desired treatment protocol. The system further accumulates a hyperthermia treatment data base, and predetermined temperature protocols for the patient are prepared by comparison with data base protocols for similar tumor conditions. Various figures of merit are also determined and stored in the data base and ongoing treatments are comparerd with the data base to characterize the most effective treatment protocol.Other References
| InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 06/654603 filed on 09/24/1984US Classes:607/102, With temperature sensing600/549, Temperature detection601/3, Hyperthermia607/96Thermal applicatorsExaminersPrimary: Smith, JerryAssistant: Jablon, Clark A. Attorney, Agent or FirmUS Patent References4190053, Apparatus and method for hyperthermia treatmentIssued on: 02/26/1980 Inventor: Sterzer4204549, Coaxial applicator for microwave hyperthermia Issued on: 05/27/1980 Inventor: Paglione4246784, Passive remote temperature sensor system Issued on: 01/27/1981 Inventor: Bowen4249539, Ultrasound needle tip localization system Issued on: 02/10/1981 Inventor: Vilkomerson , et al.4390025, Ultrasonic display apparatus having means for detecting the position of an ultrasonic probe Issued on: 06/28/1983 Inventor: Takemura , et al.4397314, Method and apparatus for controlling and optimizing the heating pattern for a hyperthermia system Issued on: 08/09/1983 Inventor: Vaguine4416552, Correlation thermography Issued on: 11/22/1983 Inventor: Hessemer, Jr. , et al.4445516, Process for the digitization and display of thermographic records Issued on: 05/01/1984 Inventor: Wollnik , et al.4513749, Three-dimensional temperature probe Issued on: 04/30/1985 Inventor: Kino , et al.4513750, Method for thermal monitoring subcutaneous tissue Issued on: 04/30/1985 Inventor: Heyman , et al.4589423Apparatus for creating hyperthermia in tissue Issued on: 05/20/1986 Inventor: Turner International ClassesA61N 7/00 (20060101)A61N 7/02 (20060101) A61N 5/00 (20060101) A61F 7/00 (20060101) A61B 17/00 (20060101) |
