Systems and methods for visualizing fluid enhanced ablation therapy
US9610396B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 15, 2013 |
| Grant date | Apr 4, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 15, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/4808
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Systems and methods for visualizing fluid enhanced ablation therapy are described herein. In one embodiment, a method for ablating tissue is provided that includes inserting an elongate body into a tissue volume, heating an imageable fluid within the elongate body to transform the imageable fluid into an imageable therapeutic fluid, delivering the imageable therapeutic fluid into the tissue volume to deliver a therapeutic dose of thermal energy to the tissue volume, and imaging the tissue volume to determine the extent of the tissue volume containing the imageable therapeutic fluid. The imageable therapeutic fluid can indicate the extent of the tissue volume that has received the therapeutic dose of thermal energy.
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