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Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche

Leonardo Masotti

Luca Breschi

Gabriele Clementi

Elena Biagi

Stefano Modi

Damiano Fortuna

Mauro Galli

Maurizio Scortecci

Nicola Zerbinati

George E S Cho

Marco Bini

Amleto Ignesti

Francesco Muzzi

Cristiano Riminesi

Simona Granchi

Gianluigi Patelli

Tiziano Zingoni

Riccardo Stocchi

Claudio Maurizio Pacella

Paolo Corsini

Samuele Beni

Marino Cerofolini

Cesare Paolini

Angelo Bove

Riccardo Pini

Giovanni Masotti

Francesco Repice

Alberto Severi

David Menichelli

Fabrizio Margheri

Francesco Buzzigoli

Ada Fort

Alberto Bertini

Marco Calzolai

Andrea Bigagli

Carlo Giovannucci

Leonardo Galardi

Marco Scabia

Iacopo Rossi

Nicola Dreoni

Francesco Lonero

Laura Pieri

Fabrizio Spezia

Alberto Calligaro

Gionatan Torricelli

Paolo Calvani

Lorenzo Capineri

Fabio Andreola

Marco Tagliaferri

Calogero Buscemi

Tommaso Perretta

Marina Mazzoni

A method of treating prostatic tissue includes trans-perineally introducing at least one energy delivery device in the prostate of a patient. Once the energy delivery device has been introduced, energy is delivered to a volume of tissue of the prostate until the volume is vaporized or sublimated and a cavity is formed in the prostate tissue. The energy delivery device can then be removed from the prostate.

Laser treatment of the prostate

The device comprises at least a laser source (); an optical fiber () with an optical radiation entrance end () and an optical radiation output end (); and a coupling system () for coupling the laser source () and the optical fiber (), adapted to inject an optical radiation emitted by the laser source () into the entrance end () of the optical fiber (). The optical fiber () is a multi-mode optical fiber. The coupling system () is adapted to inject the optical radiation into the optical fiber () with such an inclination (a) as to reduce or eliminate the fundamental transmission mode and to promote the transmission according to at least one higher-order transmission mode The optical radiation at the output end () of the optical fiber () has a cone-shaped distribution () wherein the intensity is maximal on the peripheral volume of an emission cone and is minimal inside the emission cone.

Optical fiber device for laser thermal ablation and thermal therapy

The device comprises an outer conductor () and an inner conductor () arranged approximately coaxial with each other. The outer conductor surrounds the inner conductor. The outer conductor () and the inner conductor () are arranged and configured to generate an electromagnetic field with lines of force extending from a front surface (A) of the inner conductor () to a front surface (C) of the outer conductor (). The device further comprises an energy delivery window () arranged in front of the outer conductor and the inner conductor.

Delivery device with coaxial cable, apparatus comprising said device and method

The device includes an outer conductor and an inner conductor arranged approximately coaxial with each other. The outer conductor surrounds the inner conductor. The outer conductor and the inner conductor are arranged and configured to generate an electromagnetic field with lines of force extending from a front surface of the inner conductor to a front surface of the outer conductor. The device further includes an energy delivery window arranged in front of the outer conductor and the inner conductor.

The device comprises: a laser source (); a treatment hand-piece (); a light guide () configured to convey a laser beam from the laser source to the hand-piece. The hand-piece () is configured to vary the inclination of the laser beam (F) exiting from the hand-piece with respect to a longitudinal axis (A-A) of the hand-piece.

Device for treating skin ulcers

The method provides for the following steps: &#x2014;acquiring data indicative of an ultrasound machine comprising: a base unit, a probe associated with the base unit, and a needle guide associated with the probe for guiding needles in a volume subjected to ultrasound imaging by means of said probe and said base unit; &#x2014;from a database, retrieving information associated with said ultrasound machine; &#x2014;displaying, on a monitor, an ultrasound image acquired by means of the base unit; &#x2014;superimposing, to the ultrasound image on the monitor, a set of guide traces for guiding the insertion of needles in the volume subjected to ultrasound imaging, said guide traces being coordinated with the acquired ultrasound images by means of the information retrieved from the database.

Device and method for needle sonographic guidance in minimally invasive procedures

The device comprises: &#x2014;an outer tubular structure () having a closed terminal end; &#x2014;an inner tubular structure (), positioned in the outer tubular structure, and having a side wall with a terminal end and defining an inner volume, configured to receive a light guide (); in which between the outer tubular structure () and the inner tubular structure () a first gap () for circulation of a coolant is formed; At least a portion of the external tubular structure () or the internal tubular structure () is diffusing to an electromagnetic radiation propagating in the light guide ().

Device for laser thermal ablation with a diffusing catheter and equipment comprising said device

The device comprises: &#x2014;an outer tubular structure () having a closed terminal end; &#x2014;an inner tubular structure (), positioned in the outer tubular structure, having a terminal end and defining an inner volume, configured to receive a light guide. A first coolant circulation gap () is formed between the outer tubular structure and the inner tubular structure. Between the outer tubular structure () and the inner tubular structure () a first spacer () is located, which develops helically around the longitudinal axis (A-A) of the outer tubular structure ().

Device for laser thermal ablation with centering means and equipment comprising said device

The device comprises an outer tubular structure () having a closed terminal end, and an inner tubular structure () positioned in the outer tubular structure () and having a side wall with a terminal end and defining an inner volume. A first gap for circulation of a coolant is formed between the outer tubular structure and the inner tubular structure. A light guide () is housed in the inner volume of the inner tubular structure (). The light guide comprises an optical fiber () and a diffuser () optically coupled to a distal end of the optical fiber. The diffuser is at least partially made of a material diffusing to the electromagnetic radiation conveyed by the light guide, and has a curved shape.

Device for laser thermal ablation with a helically shaped diffuser and equipment comprising said device

The method of treating benign prostatic hyperplasia comprises trans-perineally introducing at least one energy delivery device through a perineal area of the patient in a first position in a prostate of the patient. Once the energy delivery device has been introduced, energy is delivered through the delivery device to a volume of tissue of the prostate, until the volume is vaporized or sublimated and a cavity is formed in the prostate tissue. The energy delivery device can then be removed from the prostate. Vaporization of adenomatous tissue provides immediate relieve of the urethra compression.

Laser treatment of benign prostatic hypertrophy

The device for treating the vaginal canal by means of a laser beam comprises a retractor for the wall of the vaginal canal, associated with a scanning system for scanning the laser beam towards the wall by means of a pyramidal mirror for laser beam reflection.

Device for treating the vaginal canal or other natural or surgically obtained orifices, and related apparatus

A system for treating a region of the epidermis, including: at least one laser energy source; a time control device to generate a laser beam; a laser energy focusing system arranged and produced to direct a laser beam on the region of the epidermis. The control device generates a laser beam including a plurality of composite pulses, emitted at a base frequency, each composite pulse including a sequence of sub-pulses at a higher frequency than the base frequency.

Device and method for skin laser treatment

The system for treating a region of the epidermis, comprising: &#x2014;at least one laser energy source; &#x2014;a time control device to generate a laser beam; &#x2014;a laser energy focusing system arranged and produced to direct a laser beam on said region of the epidermis. The control device generates a laser beam comprising a plurality of composite pulses, emitted at a base frequency, each composite pulse comprising a sequence of sub-pulses at a higher frequency than said base frequency.

The device for interstitial laser thermotherapy of tumors comprises an hollow needle () with a point (A) for perforating a tissue (T) to be treated, and a light guide () which can be inserted in said hollow needle. The hollow needle is associated with a membrane () which is inflatable to form a balloon (P) into which the distal end (A) of said light guide () can project, the membrane being inflated to create a cavity in the tissue to be treated into which laser radiation is guided by said light guide.

Device and equipment for treating tumors by laser thermotherapy

A method of high intensity laser treatment for stimulating regeneration of living biological tissue in a patient by applying a pulsed laser beam to a skin of the patient in need of the treatment.

Device and method for regenerative therapy by high intensity laser therapy

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Leonardo Masotti