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US 12,383,422 B2Granted
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 or invasively cool the tissue region to a predetermined operating temperature via a two-phase heat transfer process.
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A noninvasive medical device configured to provide cooling to a tissue region, the noninvasive medical device comprising:
- a top plate;
- a bottom plate including a contact surface;
- an evaporative structure arranged between the top plate and the bottom plate configured to receive a working fluid, wherein the evaporative structure is configured to promote evaporation of the working fluid to cool the contact surface;
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- an opening extending through the top plate, the bottom plate, and the evaporative structure, wherein the opening enables fractional heat treatment to be performed on the tissue region via the opening.
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A medical device configured to provide cooling to a tissue region, the medical device comprising:
- an evaporative structure including:
- a plurality of channels each configured to receive a working fluid;
- and
- a plurality of apertures extending through the evaporative structure, the plurality of apertures to enable fractional heat treatment to be performed on the tissue region via the plurality of apertures;
- and
- a contact surface in engagement with the evaporative structure, wherein the plurality of apertures extend through the contact surface, and
- wherein heat from the contact surface is transferred to the evaporative structure to evaporate the working fluid in the plurality of channels and provide cooling to the contact surface adjacent to the plurality of apertures.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.