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US 12,678,225 B2Granted
Energy delivery systems and uses thereof
AssigneeNeuwave Medical, Inc.
InventorsDaniel Warren van der Weide, Fred T. Lee, Jr., Paul F. Laeseke, Christopher Lee Brace
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Abstract
The present invention relates to comprehensive systems, devices and methods for delivering energy to tissue for a wide variety of applications, including medical procedures (e.g., tissue ablation, resection, cautery, vascular thrombosis, treatment of cardiac arrhythmias and dysrhythmias, electrosurgery, tissue harvest, etc.). In certain embodiments, systems, devices, and methods are provided for treating a tissue region (e.g., a tumor) through application of energy.
Claims19
A system comprising:
- a) a first component comprising a microwave energy source and a coolant source comprising a coolant;
- b) a second component for delivery of microwave energy from the microwave energy source and the coolant from the first component, wherein said second component is separate from said first component;
- c) one or more procedure device hub-energy delivery device cables;
- d) a procedure device hub configured to receive the microwave energy and the coolant from the second component,
- said procedure device hub comprising
- a plurality of connection ports for attachment of the one or more procedure device hub-energy delivery device cables, wherein the one or more procedure device hub-energy delivery device cables connect said procedure device hub with one or more energy delivery devices, wherein each of the one or more energy delivery devices have an exterior and an interior, wherein the one or more procedure device hub-energy delivery device cables are configured to deliver the microwave energy and the coolant from the procedure device hub to the interior of each of the one or more energy delivery devices,
- wherein said procedure device hub is configured to perform adjustments of said delivery of said microwave energy and said coolant, wherein said adjustments comprise turning on the one or more energy delivery devices, turning off the one or more energy delivery devices, calibrating a timing of the delivery of said microwave energy and said coolant to the one or more energy delivery devices for purposes of avoiding undesired tissue heating during use of the one or more energy delivery devices, and calibrating a delivery amount of said microwave energy and a delivery amount of said coolant to the one or more energy delivery devices for purposes of avoiding the undesired tissue heating during use of the one or more energy delivery devices,
- wherein said procedure device hub is separate from the one or more energy delivery devices,
- wherein said procedure device hub is separate from said second component, wherein the second component comprises one or more cables connecting the first component with the procedure device hub,
- wherein said procedure device hub is separate from said first component,
- e) an imaging component configured to image a tissue region to be ablated by said one or more energy delivery devices;
- and
- f) a computer comprising software that, when executed, causes the computer to perform the following:
- process and display information derived from said imaging component and receive intraprocedure feedback obtained during the delivery of the microwave energy, wherein said intraprocedure feedback comprises at least imaging information and temperature information,
- generate a predicted map of the tissue region to be ablated and readjust the predicted map of the tissue region to be ablated during the delivery of the microwave energy directly based upon the received intraprocedure feedback including at least the imaging information and the temperature information obtained during the delivery of the microwave energy,
- directing placement of the one or more energy delivery devices during the delivery of the microwave energy based on the adjusted and readjusted predicted maps of the tissue region to be ablated to achieve a desired ablation result,
- direct the procedure device hub to perform the adjustments of the delivery of the microwave energy and the coolant.
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