Systems and methods for thermal treatment of tissue
AssigneeThe General Hospital Corporation
InventorsDieter Manstein, Seyed Reza Monazami Miralipour
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Abstract
Systems and methods for a medical device configured to provide cooling to a tissue region are provided. The medical device may be configured to noninvasively cool the tissue region to a predetermined operating temperature via a two-phase heat transfer process. In some aspects, the medical device can be configured to be in communication with a vacuum to provide a suction to the medical device. In some aspects, the medical device can be adapted to a medical device to noninvasively cool the tissue region near a fractional treatment area.
Claims17
A noninvasive medical device configured to provide cooling to a tissue region, the noninvasive medical device comprising:
- a base including a top plate and a bottom plate opposite the top plate;
- an inlet port and an outlet port arranged on the top plate;
- a treatment surface arranged on the base and configured to engage the tissue region;
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- a flow channel formed internal to the base and in fluid communication with the inlet port and the outlet port to form a closed circuit that isolates a working fluid from the tissue region, wherein the inlet port is configured to receive the working fluid and the flow channel is configured to promote evaporation of the working fluid to cool the base to a predetermined temperature.
A noninvasive medical device configured to provide cooling to a tissue region subjected to a fractional treatment pattern, the noninvasive medical device comprising:
- a base defining at least one opening arranged therein to accommodate the fractional treatment pattern;
- an inlet port and an outlet port arranged on the base;
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- an evaporative structure formed internal to the base and configured to receive a working fluid from the inlet port, wherein the evaporative structure is designed to promote evaporation of the working fluid in a closed circuit to cool the base, wherein the closed circuit isolates the working fluid from the tissue region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.