Methods for localized intra-body treatment of tissue
AssigneesuperDimension, Ltd.
InventorPinhas Gilboa
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Abstract
A method for local treatment of a target region of tissue within a body of a subject includes navigating a first probe (210, 310) intra-bodily to a first location within the body of the subject and employing the first probe to locally change at least one characteristic of a selected region of tissue. Either the same probe (210, 310) or another probe (250, 330) is employed to apply a treatment to the target region of the body of the subject. The changed characteristic of the selected region of tissue is chosen so as to enhance at least one parameter of the treatment.
Claims57
A method for local treatment of a target region of tissue within a body of a subject, the method comprising:
- (a) navigating a first probe intra-bodily to a first location within the body of the subject;
- (b) employing said first probe to locally change at least one characteristic of a selected region of tissue, said selected region of tissue being in known spatial relation to the target region of tissue;
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- (c) employing a treatment probe selected from the group consisting of said first probe and a second probe to apply a treatment to the target region of the body of the subject,
- wherein said changed characteristic of said selected region of tissue is chosen so as to enhance at least one parameter of said treatment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.