Hyperthermia devices and their uses with nanoparticles
AssigneeConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas
InventorsMiguel Angel Munoz Marquez, Estefania Guerrero Garcia, Maria Ascuncion Fernandez Camacho
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Abstract
A hyperthermia device comprising a generator of radio-frequency electromagnetic fields, an amplifier of this signal, a transmitter of the electromagnetic field generated, and a direct temperature measurement system is disclosed for use with one or more nanoparticles capable of dissipating the energy of the applied electromagnetic field in the form of heat and it being possible to directly control the temperature of said nanoparticles.
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A hyperthermia device for heating one or more nanoparticles, which comprises the following elements:
- (a) a generator of a radio-frequency electromagnetic field;
- (b) an amplifier of a radio-frequency electromagnetic field;
- (c) a transmitter of a radio-frequency electromagnetic field;
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- (d) a direct temperature measurement system,
- wherein the generator of the radio-frequency electromagnetic field is a network analyzer device which, in addition to generating the signal, allows impedances, coefficients of reflection and transmission and insertion losses to be determined.
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A method of heating one or more nanoparticles at a location, wherein the method employs a device which comprises (a) a generator of a radio-frequency electromagnetic field, comprising a network analyzer device which, in addition to generating the signal, allows impedances, coefficients of reflection and transmission and insertion losses to be determined;
- (b) an amplifier of a radio-frequency electromagnetic field;
- (c) a transmitter of a radio-frequency electromagnetic field;
- and (d) a direct temperature measurement system, the method comprising the steps of:
- (i) introducing the nanoparticle at the location;
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- (ii) generating a radio-frequency electromagnetic field using the device which has a frequency and/or intensity capable of heating the nanoparticles.
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