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US 10,206,603 B2Granted
Microwave transmission device and microwave transmission system
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsTakayuki Hirabayashi, Yoichiro Sako
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Abstract
There is provided a microwave transmission device including two or more antennas impedance-matched with a contact target having a predetermined dielectric constant. When the impedance matching is achieved, microwaves for tumor detection between the two or more antennas are transmitted via the contact target.
Claims18
A microwave transmission system comprising:
- a plurality of internal microwave transmission devices,
- wherein each internal microwave transmission device of the plurality of internal microwave transmission devices is configured to be disposed inside an internal organ and each internal microwave transmission device comprises
- two or more antennas configured to be impedance-matched with a target having a predetermined dielectric constant, and
- circuitry configured to perform power transmission of microwaves via electrical connection to at least one transmission antenna of the two or more antennas and power reception of microwaves via electrical connection to at least one reception antenna of the two or more antennas,
- wherein the power transmission and the power reception are performed between the plurality of internal microwave transmission devices for detecting a tumor,
- wherein, when the impedance matching is achieved, microwaves for tumor detection are transmitted from the at least one transmission antenna of a first internal microwave transmission device of the plurality of internal microwave transmission devices and are received by the at least one reception antenna of a second internal microwave transmission device of the plurality of internal microwave transmission devices via the target.
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A microwave transmission system comprising:
- a plurality of internal microwave transmission devices,
- wherein each internal microwave transmission device of the plurality of internal microwave transmission devices is configured to be disposed inside an internal organ and each internal microwave transmission device comprises
- two or more antennas configured to be impedance-matched with a target having a predetermined dielectric constant, wherein the two or more antennas include at least one transmission antenna and at least one reception antenna;
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- circuitry configured to:
- perform power transmission of microwaves for detecting a tumor, the microwaves being transmitted from the at least one transmission antenna of a first internal microwave transmission device of the plurality of internal microwave transmission devices and being received by the at least one reception antenna of a second internal microwave transmission device of the plurality of internal microwave transmission devices via the target;
- measure transmission power according to the microwaves transmitted between the two or more antennas of each of the plurality of internal microwave transmission devices;
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- control microwave transmission between the two or more antennas of each of the plurality of internal microwave transmission devices according to the measured transmission power.
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A microwave transmission system comprising:
- a plurality of internal microwave transmission devices, each internal microwave transmission device including at least one microwave transmission antenna and at least one microwave reception antenna and being configured to be disposed inside an internal organ;
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- at least one external microwave transmission device including at least one antenna electrically connected to circuitry configured to perform power transmission to and from each of the plurality of internal microwave transmission devices,
- wherein the circuitry is configured to
- measure microwave transfer characteristics in the internal organ, and
- control microwave transmission from the at least one external microwave transmission device to and from each of the plurality of internal microwave transmission devices according to the measured transfer characteristics, and
- wherein a tumor of the internal organ is detected based on transfer characteristics in the power transmission between the at least one external microwave transmission device and the plurality of internal microwave transmission devices.
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A microwave transmission system comprising:
- a plurality of internal microwave transmission devices, each internal microwave transmission device being configured to be disposed inside an internal organ in order to transmit microwaves to and receive microwaves from others of the plurality of internal microwave transmission devices for detecting a tumor of the internal organ, each of the plurality of internal microwave transmission devices being connected to circuitry configured to perform power transmission of microwaves;
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- an external control processor configured to perform data communication with at least one of the plurality of internal microwave transmission devices,
- wherein each internal microwave transmission device of the plurality of internal microwave transmission devices comprises a plurality of antennas, each one of the plurality of antennas being configured to transmit and receive microwaves for detecting the tumor in order for each internal microwave transmission device to detect the tumor of the internal organ based on transfer characteristics of the transmitted microwaves between each of the plurality of antennas.
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