Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for treating neurological disorders, including tumors, with electroporation
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Application No.: US16210771Application Date: 2018-12-05
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Publication No.: US11607537B2Publication Date: 2023-03-21
- Inventor: Eduardo Latouche , Samuel Lesko , Lucy Epshteyn , Christopher B. Arena , John H. Rossmeisl, Jr. , Melvin Lorenzo , Rafael Davalos
- Applicant: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. , VoltMed, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US VA Blacksburg; US VA Blacksburg
- Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.,VoltMed, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.,VoltMed, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Blacksburg; US VA Blacksburg
- Agency: New River Valley IP Law, P.C.
- Agent Michele L. Mayberry
- Main IPC: A61B18/08
- IPC: A61B18/08 ; A61N1/05 ; A61N1/32 ; A61N1/37 ; A61N1/36 ; A61B18/14 ; A61B18/00 ; A61N1/08

Abstract:
This disclosure describes the methods, devices, and systems of treating diseased tissue with integrated nanosecond pulse irreversible electroporation. Methods and systems as disclosed provide MRI compatible shielded electrodes and electrode leads to prevent emanating radiofrequency noise and improve image quality, disconnecting the electrode from the cable linkage to the pulse generator reduce electromagnetic interference and image artifacts, placing electrodes strategically within a guide cannula to minimize distortion from heterogeneities or maximize ablation within the tissue, utilizing conductive fluids, innate or external, such as cerebral spinal fluid or grounding pads to provide a pathway for current return, and for timing of the electrical waveforms with inherent brain electrical activity.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190232048A1 METHOD FOR TREATING NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS, INCLUDING TUMORS, WITH ELECTROPORATION Public/Granted day:2019-08-01
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