Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for accurately delimited cryoablation
- Patent Title (中): 精确定界冷冻消融的装置和方法
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Application No.: US11240556Application Date: 2005-10-03
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Publication No.: US07942870B2Publication Date: 2011-05-17
- Inventor: Nir Berzak , Roni Zvuloni , Uri Amir
- Applicant: Nir Berzak , Roni Zvuloni , Uri Amir
- Applicant Address: IL Yokneam
- Assignee: Galil Medical Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Galil Medical Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: IL Yokneam
- Agency: Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61B18/02
- IPC: A61B18/02

Abstract:
The present invention is of a system and method for accurate cryoablation, useable to enhance a surgeon's ability to accurately cryoablate a selected cryoablation target and to limit cryoablation to that selected target. Presented are apparatus and method for accurately delimiting a cryoablation volume, for minimizing damage to tissues surrounding a cryoablation volume, and for real-time visualization of a border of a cryoablation volume during cryoablation. Also presented are a method for mildly heating tissues during cryoablation, cryoprobes operable to simultaneously cool first tissues while heating second tissues, and cryoprobes operable to cool tissues extending in a first lateral direction from those probes while not substantially cooling tissues extending in a second lateral direction from those probes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060079867A1 Apparatus and method for accurately delimited cryoablation Public/Granted day:2006-04-13
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