Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Thermal therapy systems and methods
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Application No.: US15547637Application Date: 2016-01-26
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Publication No.: US10779886B2Publication Date: 2020-09-22
- Inventor: Navtej S. Buttar , Louis-Michel Wong Kee Song , Samuel J. Asirvatham
- Applicant: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Applicant Address: US MN Rochester
- Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Current Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Rochester
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2016/014903 WO 20160126
- International Announcement: WO2016/126461 WO 20160811
- Main IPC: A61B18/18
- IPC: A61B18/18 ; A61B1/00 ; A61B1/015 ; A61N5/02 ; A61B18/00

Abstract:
Devices and methods can be used to deliver thermal therapy to treat tissue. For example, this document provides devices and methods for treating varices, varicosity, other bleeding vessels, polyps, and cancer using microwave-delivered thermal therapy in a minimally invasive fashion. In some embodiment's provided herein, a multidirectional thermal therapy that does not injure surface tissues but causes endothelial injury and coagulation is described. In some implementations, varices are suctioned into a cup that is configured to deliver thermal therapy to the varices, resulting in coagulation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180147009A1 THERMAL THERAPY SYSTEMS AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2018-05-31
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