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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2008
Thilaka Sumanaweera, Los Altos, CA (US);
Patrick Maguire, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Roderick A. Young, Stanford, CA (US);
Thilaka Sumanaweera, Los Altos, CA (US);
Patrick Maguire, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Roderick A. Young, Stanford, CA (US);
CyberHeart, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a non-invasive system and method for treatment of the heart. In a first aspect, a method for treatment of an anatomical site related to arrhythmogenesis of a heart of a patient comprises creating a target shape encompassing the anatomical site, directing particle beam radiation or x-ray radiation from outside the patient toward the target shape wherein one or more doses of radiation ablates the target shape and disregarding at least one orientation of cardiac motion while creating the target shape or directing the particle beam or both.