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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
May. 16, 2003
Roger Kingdon Craig, Coleraine, GB;
Anthony Patrick Mchale, Coleraine, GB;
Ana Maria Rollan-haro, Madrid, ES;
Roger Kingdon Craig, Coleraine, GB;
Anthony Patrick McHale, Coleraine, GB;
Ana Maria Rollan-Haro, Madrid, ES;
Gendel Limited, County Londonderry, GB;
Abstract
Described and claimed is the combined use of an electric field and ultrasound to ablate a cell or tissue, the use of ultrasound to disrupt a nucleated cell which has previously been electrosensitised by exposure to an electric field, and the use of an electric field for sensitising a nucleated cell to ultrasound. We furthermore disclose the use of electricity to disrupt a nucleated cell which has previously been sensitised by exposure to ultrasound, and the use of ultrasound for sensitising a nucleated cell to electricity.