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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021

Filed:

May. 03, 2018
Applicant:

Gradiant Research, Llc, Concord, MA (US);

Inventor:

Kathleen McMillan, Westford, MA (US);

Assignee:

GRADIANT RESEARCH, LLC, Concord, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/20 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/22 (2006.01); A61B 18/24 (2006.01); A61F 9/008 (2006.01); A61N 5/067 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/20 (2013.01); A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 18/203 (2013.01); A61N 5/062 (2013.01); A61N 5/0616 (2013.01); A61B 18/201 (2013.01); A61B 18/22 (2013.01); A61B 18/24 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00023 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00452 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00476 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00791 (2013.01); A61F 9/008 (2013.01); A61N 5/0601 (2013.01); A61N 2005/067 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0652 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0659 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for treatment of soft tissue includes a source of radiation, a handpiece which is adapted to transmit radiation emitted from the source of radiation to a region of soft tissue, resulting in irradiated soft tissue, said handpiece being positioned adjacent to or in contact with said soft tissue region, a grid element adapted to hold at least one temperature sensor in contact with or embedded in said region of soft tissue, and a microprocessor, which converts a signal from the at least one temperature sensor into a measure of damage produced in at least two components of the irradiated soft tissue, said components comprising at least one normal tissue component and at least one malignant, hypertrophic, diseased, or unwanted component.


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