Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Measuring electrical impedance or conductance of body portion
Patent
1997-04-23
1999-07-27
Cohen, Lee
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Measuring electrical impedance or conductance of body portion
600373, 600393, 606 34, 606 41, 607 99, 607113, A61B 505, A61M 105
Patent
active
059281596
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and methods are provided for performing an in situ characterization of a tissue mass which may be normal, malignant, or benign, and, based on the measured characteristics of the tissue mass, therapeutically treating the tissue mass to cause necrosis of the tissue. In an illustrative preferred embodiment, the characterization of the tissue is accomplished by measuring an electrical property of the tissue, such as electrical impedance, while treatment is accomplished by supplying heat to the tissue to induce cauterization.
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Eggers Philip E.
Shmulewitz Ascher
Cohen Lee
Neothermia Corporation
Pisano Nicola A.
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