Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrical stimulation for cancer treatment with internal and external electrodes
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Application No.: US16855421Application Date: 2020-04-22
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Publication No.: US11607542B2Publication Date: 2023-03-21
- Inventor: Brian L. Schmidt , Devon N. Arnholt , Benjamin Keith Stein , Keith R. Maile , William J. Linder , Ron A. Balczewski , Jacob M. Ludwig , Aleksandra Kharam
- Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Agency: Pauly, DeVries Smith & Deffner LLC
- Main IPC: A61N1/36
- IPC: A61N1/36 ; A61N1/04 ; A61N1/05 ; A61N1/378

Abstract:
Embodiments herein relate to medical devices and methods for using the same to treat cancerous tumors within a bodily tissue. A medical device system is included having at least one electric field generating circuit configured to generate one or more electric fields; control circuitry in communication with the electric field generating circuit, the control circuitry configured to control delivery of the one or more electric fields from the at least one electric field generating circuit; and two or more electrodes to deliver the electric fields to the site of a cancerous tumor within a patient. At least one electrode can be configured to be implanted. At least one electrode can be configured to be external. The control circuitry can cause the electric field generating circuit to generate one or more electric fields at frequencies selected from a range of between 10 kHz to 1 MHz.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200338344A1 ELECTRICAL STIMULATION FOR CANCER TREATMENT WITH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ELECTRODES Public/Granted day:2020-10-29
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