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US 8,539,948 B2Granted
Hyperthermia assisted radiation therapy
AssigneeWilliam Beaumont Hospital
InventorsDan Ionascu, Brian Marples, Di Yan, Alvaro Martinez
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Abstract
A breathing system for hyperthermic assisted radiation therapy includes at least one heating element that modulates the temperature of air inhaled by a patient, at least one cooling element that modulates the humidity of the air inhaled by a patient, and a controller that maintains the desired humidity and temperature.
Claims8
A method for locally inducing hyperthermia in lung tissue in a patient for radiation therapy comprising:
- modulating the temperature of air inhaled by the patient;
- modulating the humidity of the air inhaled by the patient;
- achieving hyperthermia in the lung tissue of the patient;
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- maintaining the humidity and temperature of the air inhaled by the patient.
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