System, method and computer-accessible medium for treating circulating tumor cells in the blood stream

A method for killing at least one circulating tumor cell (CTC), comprising:

• pumping blood from a body of a patient to an electroporation chamber inside of a CTC treatment arrangement to circulate the blood;
• applying an electric field to the circulating blood located in the electroporation chamber in order to kill the at least one CTC;
• and
• pumping, using a pump arrangement, the electric-field-applied-circulating blood back into the body,
• wherein the electric field is directly applied to the blood on tubing located in the CTC treatment arrangement in order to kill the at least one CTC.

A non-transitory computer-accessible medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for killing at least one circulating tumor cell (CTC), wherein, when a computer arrangement executes the instructions, the computer arrangement is configured to perform procedures comprising:

• controlling pumping blood from a body of a patient to an electroporation chamber inside of a CTC treatment arrangement to circulate the blood;
• controlling an application of an electric field to the circulating blood located in the electroporation chamber in order to kill the at least one CTC;
• and
• controlling a pump arrangement to pump the electric-field-applied-circulating blood back into the body,
• wherein the computer arrangement is further configured to directly apply the electric field to the blood on tubing located in the CTC treatment arrangement in order to kill the at least one CTC.

A system for killing at least one circulating tumor cell (CTC), comprising:

• a computer hardware arrangement specifically configured to:
• control pumping of blood from a body of a patient to an electroporation chamber inside of a CTC treatment arrangement to circulate the blood;
• control an application of an electric field to the circulating blood located in the electroporation chamber in order to kill the at least one CTC;
• and
• control a pump arrangement to pump of the electric-field-applied-circulating blood back into the body,
• wherein the computer hardware arrangement is further configured to control a direct application of the electric field to the blood on tubing located in the CTC treatment arrangement in order to kill the at least one CTC.