Lung cancer hyperthermia via ultrasound and/or convection with perfiuorochemical liquids
AssigneesBiopulmonics, Inc., Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
InventorsK. Michael Sekins, Thomas H. Shaffer, Marla R. Wolfson
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Abstract
A hyperthermic treatment of lung cancer, by temporarily filling with a liquid medium preselected pulmonary air passages adjoining pulmonary tissues containing malignant cells, circulating exogenously heated liquid medium at from about 41.degree. to ab This invention was made with government support under Small Business Innovation Research Program Grant No. 1 R43 CA48611-01 awarded by the Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services. The government has certain rights in the invention.
Claims29
A hyperthermic treatment of lung cancer, comprising the steps of:
- temporarily filling with a liquid medium preselected pulmonary air passages adjoining pulmonary tissues comprising malignant cells,
- heating the adjoining pulmonary tissues comprising the malignant cells to a temperature in the range of from about 41.degree. to about 50.degree. C. for a period of time by transmitting ultrasound through the liquid-filled pulmonary air passages, and
- thereafter removing the liquid medium from the pulmonary air passages of the patient.
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