Microwave treatment devices and methods

    公开(公告)号:US11291503B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-05

    申请号:US16038921

    申请日:2018-07-18

    申请人: MicroCube, LLC

    摘要: The present invention discloses medical systems and methods adapted for the delivery of various medical components such as microwave antennas within or on a body for performing one or more medical procedures. Several embodiments herein disclose medical systems comprising a combination of one or more medical components and one or more elongate steerable or non-steerable arms that are adapted to mechanically manipulate the one or more medical components. Several embodiments of microwave antennas are disclosed that comprise an additional diagnostic or therapeutic modality located on or in the vicinity of the microwave antennas.

    Delivery system for delivering a medical device to a location within a patient's body

    公开(公告)号:US10932848B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-02

    申请号:US14188661

    申请日:2014-02-24

    申请人: MicroCube, LLC

    摘要: Devices, systems and methods are provided for deployment of one or more functional devices, such as therapeutic and/or diagnostic medical devices and/or positioning devices, at various locations relative to a defined operative path. The devices, systems, and methods can include a guide system and a positioning element. The guide system defines the operative path when deployed within a patient's body. The positioning element cooperates with the guide system to define one or more positions relative the defined operative path from which the one or more functional devices are deployed. The present inventions allow for the accurate and reliable placement of the one or more functional devices at the one or more positions relative the operative path. In one embodiment, the functional device is an ablation device adapted to ablate cardiac tissue for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, such as atrial fibrillation.

    Methods and devices for delivering microwave energy

    公开(公告)号:US10299859B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-28

    申请号:US15961557

    申请日:2018-04-24

    申请人: MicroCube, LLC

    IPC分类号: A61N5/04 A61B18/00 A61B18/18

    摘要: The invention comprises novel microwave antennas wherein the microwave field profile generated by an antenna is tailored and optimized for a particular clinical application. The antennas disclosed herein incorporate one or more additional elements called shaping elements that use unique properties of microwaves such as interaction of a microwave field with one or more conductive or non-conductive elements to shape or redistribute the microwave field. Such shaping elements may be used to reduce the undesired backward coupling of the emitted microwave field to the transmission line. Such shaping elements may be used to increase the power efficiency of the antenna. The invention also discloses devices and methods for treating tissue with microwave energy emitted from the antennas for use in applications such as destroying a soft tissue by microwave ablation.

    Returned power for microwave applications

    公开(公告)号:US10939509B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-02

    申请号:US15256259

    申请日:2016-09-02

    申请人: MicroCube, LLC

    摘要: The present invention related to devices and methods that use returned power (RP) measurements during microwave energy delivery to perform one or more functions. For example, microwave devices and systems with one or more features to measure the returned microwave power. One or more measurements of the returned microwave power may be used to obtain information about one or more of: antenna shape, system status and system performance. One or more measurements of the returned microwave power shaping elements may also be used to obtain information about one or more properties of the target material. The invention also discloses devices and methods for delivering microwave energy to a variety of target materials to achieve a variety of desired microwave effects.