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- Patent Title: System and method for ablating a tissue site by electroporation with real-time monitoring of treatment progress
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Application No.: US14940863Application Date: 2015-11-13
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Publication No.: US10238447B2Publication Date: 2019-03-26
- Inventor: Robert Neal, II , Rafael V Davalos
- Applicant: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US VA Blacksburg
- Assignee: VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC.
- Current Assignee: VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Blacksburg
- Agency: New River Valley IP Law, PC
- Agent Michele L. Mayberry
- Main IPC: A61B18/12
- IPC: A61B18/12 ; A61B18/18 ; A61B34/10 ; C12N13/00 ; A61B18/14 ; A61B18/00

Abstract:
A medical system for ablating a tissue site with real-time monitoring during an electroporation treatment procedure. A pulse generator generates a pre-treatment (PT) test signal having a frequency of at least 1 MHz prior to the treatment procedure and intra-treatment (IT) test signals during the treatment procedure. A treatment control module determines impedance values from the PT test signal and IT test signals and determines a progress of electroporation and an end point of treatment in real-time based on the determined impedance values while the treatment progresses.
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