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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2008
Robert Manzke, Sleepy Hollow, NY (US);
Raymond Chan, San Diego, CA (US);
Ladislav Jankovic, Fishkill, NY (US);
Daniel R. Elgort, New York, NY (US);
Khalid Shahzad, Shrub Oak, NY (US);
Robert Manzke, Sleepy Hollow, NY (US);
Raymond Chan, San Diego, CA (US);
Ladislav Jankovic, Fishkill, NY (US);
Daniel R. Elgort, New York, NY (US);
Khalid Shahzad, Shrub Oak, NY (US);
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A tissue ablation device employs one or more energy emitters () and one or more photoacoustic sensors () in a cooperative arrangement for applying a tissue ablation therapy to a tissue (). In operation, the energy emitters () emit a tissue ablation beam (TA) into a target portion of the tissue () to form a lesion () therein, and alternatively or concurrently emit a photoexcitation beam (PE) into the target portion of the tissue () to excite a photoacoustic response from the tissue (). The photoacoustic sensor(s) () sense the photoacoustic response of the tissue ().