Tumor ablation devices and related methods
AssigneeDFine, Inc.
InventorsCraig Purdy, Dan Balbierz
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Abstract
Spinal tumor ablation devices and related systems and methods are disclosed. Some spinal tumor ablation devices include electrodes that are fixedly offset from one another. Some spinal tumor ablation devices include a thermal energy delivery probe that has at least one temperature sensor coupled thereto. The position of the at least one temperature sensor relative to other components of the spinal tumor ablation device may be controlled by adjusting the position of the thermal energy delivery probe in some spinal tumor ablation devices. Some spinal tumor ablation devices are configured to facilitate the delivery of a cement through a utility channel of the device.
Claims13
-15. (canceled)
A medical device for spinal tumor ablation, the medical device comprising:
- a first tubular conductor;
- a tubular insulator extending through the first tubular conductor;
- a second tubular conductor extending through the tubular insulator such that a distal portion of the second tubular conductor is disposed distal of the insulator, wherein the second tubular conductor forms a utility channel that extends from a proximal opening of the second tubular conductor to a distal opening at a distal end of the second tubular conductor;
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- a port disposed proximal of the second tubular conduit, wherein the port is configured to provide access to a proximal opening of the utility channel;
- wherein a portion of the utility channel is used for at least one of obtaining a biopsy sample, positioning temperature sensors, or delivering cement to a vertebra of a patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.