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Electrode device for heating tumor in endotract organ

US5086786A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 14, 1990
Grant dateFeb 11, 1992
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Expiry dateMar 14, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61N1/06
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electrode device for heating a tumor in an endotract organ by high frequency convergent electric current has a container of a flexible polymeric material provided with thick side wall, a thick bottom wall connected to one end of the side wall and an opening defined by the other end of the side wall. The device further has a deformable electrode member disposed near an inner surface of the thick bottom wall, and a flexible polymeric film fluid-tightly attached to the other end of the thick side wall. A mesh-like member of a flexible polymeric material is disposed between the electrode member and the flexible polymeric film, and has a plurality of first passages leading to a top surface thereof and a bottom surface thereof, and a plurality of second passages each communicating the first passages with each other.

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