Method and apparatus for cancer treatment
AssigneeQuantum Cure, Inc.
InventorsAlex Kosik, Wes Hymer, Max I. Fomitchev-Zamilov
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Abstract
An apparatus for treating solid tumors having at least one hollow needle having at least one perforation, at least one ground electrode, a pump for delivering a chemotherapeutic agent through the perforation in the hollow needle, one or more power supplies connected to the hollow needle and the ground electrode capable of delivering a pulse of alternating current between the hollow needle and the ground electrode of at least 1000 volts and no more than 1 millisecond duration, a direct current between the hollow needle and the ground electrode between about 1 mA and 100 mA, and a second alternating current having a frequency range between about 1 MHz and 1000 MHz.
Claims14
An apparatus for treating solid tumors comprising:
- a. at least one hollow needle having at least one perforation,
- b. at least one ground electrode,
- c. a pump for delivering a chemotherapeutic agent through the perforation in the hollow needle, and
- d. one or more power supplies connected to the hollow needle and the ground electrode capable of delivering:
- i. a pulse of alternating current between the hollow needle and the ground electrode of at least 1000 volts and no more than 1 millisecond duration,
- ii. a direct current between the hollow needle and the ground electrode. between about 1 mA and 1 00 mA, and
- iii. a second alternating current having a frequency range between about 1 MHz and 1 000 MHz.
A method for treating solid tumors comprising the steps of:
- a. injecting at least one hollow needle having at least one perforation into a tissue adjacent to a solid tumor,
- b. placing at least one ground electrode within or adjacent to the solid tumor,
- c. pumping a chemotherapeutic agent through the perforation in the hollow needle, and
- d. providing a pulse of alternating current between the hollow needle and the ground electrode of at least 1000 volts and no more than 1 millisecond duration, a direct current between the hollow needle and the ground electrode between about 1 milliamp and 100 milliamps, and a second alternating current having a frequency range between about 1 MHz and 1000 MHz.
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