US 11,951,327 B2 · Heart arrhythmia non-invasive treatment device and method

Abstract

The present invention relates to a heart tissue ablation device comprising a charged particle emitting system 1, a control system 2 for instructing the accelerator and beamline when to create the beam and what its required properties should be, a patient positioning and verification system, an ultrasound cardiac imaging system 3 performed on the patient, able to track the target movement, a computer program to determine and record the safe motion margins, the treatment plans for one or more motion phases and a computer program to regulate the control system 2 to load the correct irradiation plan according to the motion phase and if the position of the target is inside of the position margin, the irradiation is enabled and if the position of the target is outside of the position margin, the irradiation is disabled.

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Dependent claims

Heart arrhythmia treatment device comprising:

a charged particle emitting system for generating a charged particle beam with required properties for ablation of a targeted tissue of a heart of a patient, the charged particle emitting system being configured to deliver a Bragg peak of the charged particle beam to the targeted tissue;
an ultrasound cardiac imaging system configured to image a relevant region of the heart that is relevant to assess motion of the targeted tissue and corresponding cardiac and respiratory cycle phases of the patient;
and
a control system that instructs the charged particle emitting system to generate the required properties of the charged particle beam in accordance with a relevant irradiation plan and when to generate the charged particle beam based on information of the cardiac and respiratory cycle phases provided by the ultrasound cardiac imaging system, the information being acquired during a treatment stage of the patient.

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Heart arrhythmia non-invasive treatment device and method

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