- Patent Title: Systems and methods for visualizing fluid enhanced ablation therapy
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Application No.: US13842561Application Date: 2013-03-15
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Publication No.: US09610396B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Michael G. Curley , Gregory R. Eberl , Douglas L. Packer , Malini Madhavan
- Applicant: Thermedical, Inc. , Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Applicant Address: US MA Waltham US MN Rochester
- Assignee: Thermedical, Inc.,Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Current Assignee: Thermedical, Inc.,Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Waltham US MN Rochester
- Agency: Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
- Main IPC: A61B18/14
- IPC: A61B18/14 ; A61M5/00 ; A61B6/00 ; A61B18/04 ; A61B8/08 ; A61B5/055 ; G01R33/48 ; A61B18/00 ; A61B90/00

Abstract:
Systems and methods for visualizing fluid enhanced ablation therapy are described herein. In one embodiment, a method for ablating tissue is provided that includes inserting an elongate body into a tissue volume, heating an imageable fluid within the elongate body to transform the imageable fluid into an imageable therapeutic fluid, delivering the imageable therapeutic fluid into the tissue volume to deliver a therapeutic dose of thermal energy to the tissue volume, and imaging the tissue volume to determine the extent of the tissue volume containing the imageable therapeutic fluid. The imageable therapeutic fluid can indicate the extent of the tissue volume that has received the therapeutic dose of thermal energy.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140275977A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISUALIZING FLUID ENHANCED ABLATION THERAPY Public/Granted day:2014-09-18
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