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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2018
Applicant:
Uptake Medical Technology Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Uptake Medical Technology Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/04 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 18/20 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 18/04 (2013.01); A61B 18/1815 (2013.01); A61B 18/20 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00017 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00154 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00541 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00994 (2013.01); A61B 2018/048 (2013.01); A61B 2090/374 (2016.02); A61B 2090/376 (2016.02);
Abstract
A minimally invasive medical technique for treating lung tumors includes use of multiple ablation modalities in a single procedure. Condensable vapor ablation and electrosurgical ablation are applied to treat the surface of the tumor and to debulk inner regions of the tumor, respectively.