Integrated intraoperative diagnosis and thermal therapy system

US10568687B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• The Regents of the University of California · US
• Med-X institute Shanghai Jiao Tong University · CN

Inventors

• Zhongping Chen · Irvine, US
• Gangjun Liu · Chongqing, CN
• Jiawen Li · Irvine, US
• Lisa X. Xu · Shanghai, CN
• Aili Zhang · Shanghai, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 15, 2016
• Grant date: Feb 25, 2020
• Expiry date: Dec 10, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/3782
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A multimodal medical device for the diagnosis and/or thermal treatment of a disease includes an instrument for performing thermal therapy; and an imaging system having multiple tomographic imaging modes, including optical coherence tomography (OCT), ultrasound imaging, photoacoustic (PA) imaging, fluorescence imaging and/or thermal imaging to provide guidance for accurate diagnosis and treatment of the disease.