Tumor ablation devices and related methods
AssigneeDFine, Inc.
InventorsCraig Purdy, Dan Balbierz
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Abstract
Spinal tumor ablation devices and related systems and methods are disclosed. Some spinal tumor ablation devices include electrodes that are fixedly offset from one another. Some spinal tumor ablation devices include a thermal energy delivery probe that has at least one temperature sensor coupled thereto. The position of the at least one temperature sensor relative to other components of the spinal tumor ablation device may be controlled by adjusting the position of the thermal energy delivery probe in some spinal tumor ablation devices. Some spinal tumor ablation devices are configured to facilitate the delivery of a cement through a utility channel of the device.
Claims13
A method of treating a vertebral body of a patient, the method comprising:
- obtaining a spinal tumor ablation device, the spinal tumor ablation device comprising:
- a first electrode;
- and
- a second electrode;
- wherein the first electrode and at least a portion of the second electrode are fixedly offset relative to one another;
- advancing the distal tip of the spinal tumor ablation device into the vertebral body;
- inserting a thermal energy delivery probe into a channel of the spinal tumor ablation device;
- and
- after inserting the thermal energy delivery probe into the channel of the spinal tumor ablation device, activating the spinal tumor ablation device such that an electrical current flows between the first electrode and the second electrode via tissue within the vertebral body of the patient.
A method of treating a spinal tumor, the method comprising:
- obtaining an ablation device, the ablation device comprising:
- a first electrode;
- and
- a second electrode;
- inserting a thermal energy delivery probe into a utility channel of the ablation device prior;
- after inserting a thermal energy delivery probe into the utility channel of the ablation device, activating the ablation device such that an electrical current flows between the first electrode and the second electrode via spinal tissue of a patient;
- and
- delivering bone cement through the utility channel of the ablation device, thereby filling an opening within a vertebra of the patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.