Device for thermal treatment of tissue and for temperature measurement of tissue providing feedback
US9675821B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 14, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jun 13, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 15, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N2007/0078
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A device for heating tissue, comprises a housing sized for insertion through a naturally occurring body orifice to a target location within a lumen and a heat generating element within the housing focusing thermal energy on a target area separated from an outside of the housing so that, when the housing is in the target location, the target area is within tissue surrounding the lumen at a predetermined depth from a lumenal wall in combination with a temperature sensing element sensing data corresponding to a temperature of tissue in the target area and a processor controlling the heat generating element in response to the data sensed by the sensing element.
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