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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mitchell Dann, Jackson, WY (US);
Assignee:
Urologix, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N / ; A61N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
607101 ; 600-2 ; 600-8 ; 600 12 ; 606 33 ; 607102 ; 607156 ;
Abstract
A system for treatment of a target volume of cancerous tissue comprises a probe carrying a microwave antenna positioned in a body cavity proximate the target volume. At least one energy-emitting element is placed in the target volume. The microwave antenna is energized so that energy emitted from the antenna and the energy-emitting element necroses cancerous tissue in the target volume.