Abstract:
An apparatus (1) for activation of chemical-physical processes comprising a microwave source (40), for example a magnetron or a klystron or a solid state oscillator (FET transistor), operatively connected at one end of a microwave antenna, for example a co-axial antenna (3), at a connector (13). The apparatus, furthermore, comprises a generator of electric current (45) at high frequency connected to an ultrasonic transducer (2) for example by a shielded cable, not shown in the FIG. In operative conditions, the antenna (3) and the ultrasonic transducer (2) are arranged substantially at right angles and at direct contact with a reacting mass (15) contained container (10) in order to activate it and then to complete a desired chemical and/or physical process. More in detail, the reacting mass (15) is subject contemporaneously, or alternatively, to an electromagnetic field generated by the antenna (3), diagrammatically indicated (30), and from the ultrasonic field (20) generated by the ultrasonic transducer (2). By arranging the microwave antenna (3) and the ultrasonic transducer (2) in the reacting mass (15) the efficiency of the process is optimized achieving a synergistic effect thanks to the combination of the electromagnetic field and the ultrasonic field.
Abstract:
A lamp capable of emitting electromagnetic radiation (9), for example visible, IR or UV radiation, exploiting the activation of substances (4) triggered with an antenna (6) irradiating microwaves (8) located inside and insulated, in focal position. Advantageously, the substances (4) are put into a chamber (3) obtained by introduction of a first bulb (1) in a second bulb, in order to form the chamber (3) closed between the walls of the first (1) and of the second bulb (2), the walls of the first bulb defining the recess (5) which houses the antenna (6). A better energy efficiency and a better economy is obtained with respect to the conventional techniques which require introduction of the lamp in a metal vessel crossed by microwaves, or under external microwaves beams. It belongs to the category of lamps without electrodes, because the atoms or the other particles that emit the radiation (8) are neither in contact with the antenna nor with other metal parts. It characterized by a high duration and by the possibility of emitting radiation of modulated wavelength in continuous or pulsed way.
Abstract:
A microwave surgical device with high energy efficiency produces, at an antenna, an asymmetric heating pattern directed towards the side and it comprises: a plain curved portion extending from the distal end of said external conductor; and an inflection point at said distal end of the external conductor, so that said curved portion has a single cavity directed towards the axis of the coaxial end part.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to minimally invasive surgery techniques. It provides a method for manufacturing an antenna for percutaneous acute hyperthermia microwave applications of the monopole or dipole co-axial type provided with trap, commonly called choke, for blocking the propagation of the backwards reflecting wave towards the generator. The miniaturization of the device allows a use minimally invasive for interstitial hyperthermia in medicine and surgery, in particular for oncology. The method of manufacturing the antenna provides a metal needle (1) for the introduction of the antenna (2,3,4) in the target tissue. On the external conductor (4) of the antenna (2) a metal collar 6 is connected in a predetermined position; a plastics sheath (5) is applied in order to cover the external conductor (2) in the portion between the feed (7) and the collar 6; the inner wall of the metal needle 1 wherein the antenna is inserted is then used for containing and guiding the collar 6 and the sheath 5; in particular, the collar 6 being in electrical contact with the inner wall of the metal needle 1. An antenna is thus obtained with choke of variable length and with miniaturized diameter. A thermocouple can be introduced through the choke that protrudes the directly in the “feed” zone.
Abstract:
A microwave surgical device with high energy efficiency produces, at an antenna, an asymmetric heating pattern directed towards the side and it comprises: a plain curved portion extending from the distal end of said external conductor; and an inflection point at said distal end of the external conductor, so that said curved portion has a single cavity directed towards the axis of the coaxial end part.
Abstract:
Microwave heating apparatus (1) for chemical-physical processes comprising a microwave source (4), for example a magnetron or a klystron or a solid state oscillator (FET transistor), operatively connected to an end of an antenna (10) at a connector (12). The antenna (10) is put in a reaction container (3) where it irradiates with microwaves a reacting material (25). In particular, the antenna (10) can be coated with a sheath (15) that avoids a direct contact with the reacting material (25), or alternatively, can be put into in a housing (7) executed in the container (3). The housing (7), made of a material transparent to microwaves, can cross the reaction container (3) for a part thereof, or for all its width. The arrangement of the antenna (10) in the reacting material (25) provides a quick and effective heating. Furthermore, it is possible to increase considerably the selectivity, the control and the efficiency of a chemical-physical processes to which the heating technique above described is applied. This allows also to provide a considerable energy saving with respect to apparatus of prior art.
Abstract:
A lamp capable of emitting electromagnetic radiation (9), for example visible, IR or UV radiation, exploiting the activation of substances (4) triggered with an antenna (6) irradiating microwaves (8) located inside and insulated, in focal position. Advantageously, the substances (4) are put into a chamber (3) obtained by introduction of a first bulb (1) in a second bulb, in order to form the chamber (3) closed between the walls of the first (1) and of the second bulb (2), the walls of the first bulb defining the recess (5) which houses the antenna (6). A better energy efficiency and a better economy is obtained with respect to the conventional techniques which require introduction of the lamp in a metal vessel crossed by microwaves, or under external microwaves beams. It belongs to the category of lamps without electrodes, because the atoms or the other particles that emit the radiation (8) are neither in contact with the antenna nor with other metal parts. It characterized by a high duration and by the possibility of emitting radiation of modulated wavelength in continuous or pulsed way.