Microwave treatment devices and methods
AssigneeMicroCube, LLC
InventorsClarence Emmons, Chun Yiu Chu, Amrish J. Walke, Dinesh I. Mody, Ketan Shroff
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Abstract
The present invention discloses medical systems and methods adapted for the delivery of various medical components such as microwave antennas within or on a body for performing one or more medical procedures. Several embodiments herein disclose medical systems comprising a combination of one or more medical components and one or more elongate steerable or non-steerable arms that are adapted to mechanically manipulate the one or more medical components. Several embodiments of microwave antennas are disclosed that comprise an additional diagnostic or therapeutic modality located on or in the vicinity of the microwave antennas.
Claims19
A microwave emitting device coupleable to a microwave energy source for delivering energy from the energy source, the microwave emitting device comprising:
- a transmission line having an outer conductor;
- an antenna configured to be coupled to the energy source, the antenna having a proximal end, a distal end and an antenna axis, wherein the antenna generates a microwave field upon application of energy from the energy source, where the antenna comprises an inner conductor, a radiating element coupled to the inner conductor, and a shaping element coupled to the outer conductor;
- at least one electrode positioned along the antenna, wherein the at least one electrode is exposed to the microwave field and is electrically isolated from the antenna;
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- a conductive wire electrically coupled to the at least one electrode, wherein the conductive wire is electrically isolated from the antenna, wherein a first portion of the conductive wire exposed to the microwave field emitted by the antenna is helically disposed about the antenna axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.