Medical devices and pumps therefor
    121.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10405922B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-10

    申请号:US15495155

    申请日:2017-07-05

    Abstract: A microwave applicator device comprising a probe (11) for ablating the body of a human or animal, a cooling passage (20,21) extending through the probe (11) and arranged to carry a cooling fluid, a pump (71) for pumping the fluid through the probe (11), and an elongate flexible duct (104) extending between the pump (71) and one end of the cooling passage (20,21), the pump comprising a pump body (73) including a motor (120) and a pump head (72) detachably mounted to the pump body (73), the pump head (72) comprising a first port (86) connected to a proximal end of the elongate flow duct (104), a second port (85) and fluid propulsion means (84,92) for creating a flow of fluid between the ports (85,86) and along the elongate flow duct 104 upon energization of the motor (120), the pump head (72) being arranged to sealingly contain the fluid. The pump head (72), the elongate flexible duct (104) and the probe (11) form a replaceable assembly that can be detached from the pump body (73) and discarded following use.

    PSD SENSORS FOR HEAD AND NECK
    122.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190235095A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-01

    申请号:US16368447

    申请日:2019-03-28

    Inventor: John ISHAM

    Abstract: A radio-opaque plastic scintillator detector (PSD) for use in various head and neck radiation applications is described. Bite plates, nose cones and ear cones are provided for use therewith, each having hollow tubes into which PSD cables can be inserted for real time measurement of radiation during treatment.

    ENDORECTAL BALLOON WITH GAS LUMEN AND STOPPER
    124.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190143085A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-16

    申请号:US16244711

    申请日:2019-01-10

    Inventor: John Isham

    Abstract: A prostate immobilizing balloon having a central seating area that on full inflation cups the prostate to hold it during treatment is combined with a gas lumen, a locking member and one or more fiducial markers. Methods of using same are also provided.

    Radiation Applicator for Microwave Medical Treatment

    公开(公告)号:US20190125441A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-02

    申请号:US15684315

    申请日:2017-08-23

    Inventor: Nigel Cronin

    Abstract: A radiation applicator with a dielectric body (2) surrounding the antenna. The dielectric body (2) is comprised of three sections (3, 4 and 5) with different dielectric constants to provide broad-band matching of the applicator to surrounding material. Washers (10) and (11) are mounted on the antenna to act as reflectors.

    Treatment devices and methods
    127.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10258405B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-16

    申请号:US15595305

    申请日:2017-05-15

    Abstract: A tissue treatment selection device that has at least one treatment delivery member, a delivery setting circuit that is coupled to the treatment delivery member that is adapted to be deployed into tissue to deliver therapeutic energy to a target tissue zone, and the processing circuit is operable to set treatment parameters in the delivery setting circuit that is operable to set treatment parameters in the delivery setting circuit. The processing circuit is operable to transmit a test signal through the deployed treatment delivery member and to determine deployment status. The treatment selection device has a processing circuit adapted to send a message to a display device that indicates that the deployed treatment delivery member has been determined to be compensable and contains a suggested change in the treatment parameters. Also presented herein is a method of treating a tissue of a patient using the treatment delivery device.

    Pressure Activated Valve with High Flow Slit
    128.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190046785A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-14

    申请号:US16164229

    申请日:2018-10-18

    Abstract: A pressure actuated valve for controlling the flow of fluid through a medical device, the valve comprises a housing including a lumen extending therethrough and a flow control membrane extending across the lumen to control the flow of fluid through the lumen. The membrane includes a plurality of slits extending therethrough so that, when the membrane is acted upon by a pressure of at least a threshold magnitude, the slits open to permit flow through the lumen and, when not acted upon by a pressure of at least the predetermined magnitude, the slits are maintained dosed by a biasing force applied thereto by the membrane to prevent flow through the lumen. Each of the slits extends between end portions thereof along a curve wherein a distance between a first end portion of a first one of the slits and a first end portion of a second one of the slits is a minimum distance between the first and second slits.

    Microwave applicator
    130.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09913686B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-13

    申请号:US14983664

    申请日:2015-12-30

    Abstract: A microwave applicator having a probe which comprises an elongate shaft (14), the shaft having an external tubular wall (18), a radiating portion (15) disposed at the distal end of the shaft (14), a transmission line (17) extending to the radiating portion internally of the tubular external wall (18), and an elongate flow dividing member (19) which co-extends with the transmission line (17) longitudinally of the shaft (14), the side wall of the transmission line (17) and the side wall of the flow dividing member (19) contacting each other and contacting the internal surface of the external tubular wall (18) at two-spatially separated discrete positions, thereby defining a pair of flow channels (20, 21) inside the shaft (14). In use, cooling fluid can pass down one channel (20) and return via the other channel (21). The structure of the probe is uncomplicated and the probe is straightforward to assemble.

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