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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2018
Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Voltmed, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Eduardo Latouche, Chelsea, MA (US);
Samuel Lesko, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Lucy Epshteyn, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Christopher B. Arena, Blacksburg, VA (US);
John H. Rossmeisl, Jr., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Melvin Lorenzo, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Rafael Davalos, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
VoltMed, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure describes the methods, devices, and systems of treating diseased tissue with integrated nanosecond pulse irreversible electroporation. Methods and systems as disclosed provide MRI compatible shielded electrodes and electrode leads to prevent emanating radiofrequency noise and improve image quality, disconnecting the electrode from the cable linkage to the pulse generator reduce electromagnetic interference and image artifacts, placing electrodes strategically within a guide cannula to minimize distortion from heterogeneities or maximize ablation within the tissue, utilizing conductive fluids, innate or external, such as cerebral spinal fluid or grounding pads to provide a pathway for current return, and for timing of the electrical waveforms with inherent brain electrical activity.