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Apparatus, a method and a computer program for applying energy to an object

US8545490B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

Nenad Mihajlovic · Eindhoven, NL
Joachim Kahlert · Aachen, DE
Ronald Jan Asjes · Eindhoven, NL
Gerardus Everardus Marie Hannen · Eindhoven, NL
Carsten Heinks · Nordhorn, DE
Antonius Johannes Maria Nellissen · Eindhoven, NL

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 26, 2008
Grant date	Oct 1, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 16, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/4475
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus (1) for applying energy to an object (2), wherein the apparatus (1) comprises an energy emitting element, a temperature sensor and a tube (6), in which the energy emitting element and the temperature sensor are locatable. The energy emitting elements is adapting for applying energy to the object (2) and the temperature sensor is adapted for sensing the temperature of the object (2). Both, the energy emitting element and the temperature sensor can be guided to a location of the object (2), at which the energy is to be applied.

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