MICROWAVE ABLATION PROBE
    2.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230346473A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-02

    申请号:US18219382

    申请日:2023-07-07

    IPC分类号: A61B18/18

    摘要: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that may include a microwave ablation probe. The microwave ablation probe may include a feedline having an inner conductor, an outer conductor and a dielectric; and an antenna including a helical arm, the helical arm being electrically connected to the outer conductor of the feedline at a junction point, and a linear arm, the linear arm being electrically connected to the inner conductor of the feedline.

    CRYOABLATION SYSTEM WITH MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING DETECTION

    公开(公告)号:US20220369931A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-24

    申请号:US17882065

    申请日:2022-08-05

    摘要: A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) guided surgical system is provided that includes one or more surgical tools having components configured to develop reactive effects when exposed to MR signals generated by the MRI system. The system includes a control system that can determine whether the MR system is generating MR signals, and if the control system determines that the MR system is generating MR signals, mitigates the reactive effects of MR signals on components of the surgical tools. The system can include a cryoablation system with a cryoprobe having a probe shaft being made of a metallic material. If the control system determines that the MR system is generating MR signals, the control system can electrically disconnect the cryoprobe and/or ignore electrical signals generated by the electric heater in response to exposure to MR signals, and/or initiate a cooling operation of the probe shaft, whereby the cooling operation.

    Distributing Microparticles
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220331459A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-20

    申请号:US17736435

    申请日:2022-05-04

    IPC分类号: A61K51/12 A61K41/00

    摘要: A method of distributing microparticles is provided, the method comprising: providing a plurality of microparticles at an insertion site in a medium; applying ultrasound to the insertion site that generates gas bubbles by cavitation at cavitation nuclei located at the insertion site and drives movement of the gas bubbles such that the gas bubbles drive movement of the microparticles into a desired spatial distribution in the tumour. The method may be a method of treating a tumour, and the microparticles may comprise a radioisotope for treating the tumour. Microparticles for use in the treatment of a tumour by the method are also disclosed.

    RADIOPAQUE POLYMERS
    6.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210277162A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-09

    申请号:US17252560

    申请日:2019-12-26

    摘要: A hydrophilic polymer comprising pendent groups of the formula I: Wherein: W is independently selected from —OH, —COOH, —SO3H, —OPO3H, —O—(C1-4alkyl), —O—(C1-4alkyl)OH, —O—(C1-4alkyl)R2, —O—(C2H5O)qR1—(C═O)—O—C1-4alkyl and —O—(C═O)C1-4alkyl; or a group —BZ; wherein —OH, COOH, O—PO3H and SO3H maybe in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt; wherein: B is a bond, or a straight branched alkanediyl, oxyalkylene, alkylene oxaalkylene, or alkylene (oligooxalkylene) group, optionally containing one or more fluorine substituents; and Z is an ammonium, phosphonium, or sulphonium phosphate or phosphonate ester zwitterionic group; X is either a bond or a linking group having 1 to 8 carbons and optionally 1 to 4 heteroatoms selected from O, N and S; G is a coupling group through which the group of the formula I is coupled to the polymer and is selected from ether, ester, amide, carbonate, carbamate, 1,3 dioxolone, and 1,3 dioxane; R1 is H or C1-4 alkyl; R2 is —COOH, —SO3H, or —OPO3H2 q is an integer from to 4; n is an integer from 1 to 4; p is an integer from 1 to 3; and n+p is from 2 to 5; and wherein —COOH, —OPO3H2 and —SO3H as well as phenolic —OH maybe in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt.

    METHOD OF MONITORING LIVE CELLS
    8.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20160258962A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-08

    申请号:US15155308

    申请日:2016-05-16

    IPC分类号: G01N33/58

    摘要: The present invention relates to a method of monitoring live cells, comprising the sequential steps of: (i) contacting the cells with self-assembled constructs associated with an imaging agent at t=0; (ii) incubating the cells for a period of time t1; (iii) imaging at least a sample of the live cells by means of the said imaging agent after time t1; wherein in step (i), at least some of the constructs are taken up into the cells; and wherein the constructs comprise an amphiphilic block copolymer having a hydrophilic and hydrophobic block.