Abstract

Pulsed heat from focussed ultrasound equipment is positioned to selectively destroy tumor tissue of a subject with minimal invasiveness.

Inventors

Harvey E. Cline, Robert H. Ettinger, Kenneth W. Rohling, Ronald D. Watkins

Patent Details

Patent Number: US 5247935 A

Filing Date: 1992-03-19

Publication Date: 1993-09-28

Status: Expired – Lifetime

Current Assignee: Insightec Ltd

Applicants: General Electric Co.

IPC/CPC Classifications: A61B17/22;;A61B19/00;;A61N7

Patent Attorney
Lawrence P. Zale

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