| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 607103000 | Electromagnetic induction | 11 |
| 20080281386 | Systems and methods for treating body tissue - Devices for treating body tissue. The device includes: an elongated cylindrical guide portion having a distal end and a proximal end; and one or more heat generators securely attached to the elongated guide portion. The heat generators are operative to inductively generate heat energy in response to an electromagnetic field externally applied thereto. One or more of the heat generators are disposed near target tissue so that the heat energy generated by the heat generators is used to treat the target tissue during operation. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090319010 | Body Heating Device - To realize a body surrounding solenoid-type body heating device with small coil impedance which can generate a magnetic flux of predetermined density to one part of the living body near the affected area in the solenoid coil, a body heating device | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100145420 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A LOCALIZED HEATING - A method and apparatus for generating a localized heating are provided, the method comprising: transmitting a spatially localized or shaped electromagnetic field via a plurality of coils to a subject and generating magnetic resonance signals; performing magnetic resonance imaging based on the magnetic resonance signals to generate an image of a region of interest of the subject; and controlling the plurality of the same imaging coils to radiate radio frequency (rf) energy to generate the localized heating on a region of interest. The invention provide a more efficient manner for generating localized heating and means for verifying the heating pattern without the need to measure temperature rises in the patient. This is useful to check the localization prior to the application of hyperthermia. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20110295349 | PORTABLE FAR-INFRARED PHYSIOTHERAPY EQUIPMENT FOR THERMAL MOXIBUSTION - A portable far-infrared physiotherapy equipment for thermal moxibustion may comprise at least a heating unit and a power control device connected to the heating unit for supplying power to the latter. The power control device may comprise: a charging control circuit connected to a power supply port to receive power supply from an external power source; an electricity storage unit connected to the charging control circuit to be charged; a power output control unit connecting the charging control circuit and the electricity storage unit to the heating unit respectively to enable to transfer power to the heating unit; and a micro controller unit connected to the electricity storage unit, the charging control circuit and the power output control unit to enable to control them. The present far-infrared physiotherapy equipment for thermal moxibustion is portable and convenient for users. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120010688 | IMPLANTABLE CONDUCTIVE ELEMENT AND METHOD OF USE INHYPERTHERMIC TREATMENT - A system to induce hyperthermia in a selected portion of the body utilizes a variety of conductive conductive buttons positioned at a location proximate the target tissue to be heated, such as a tumor. The conductive button is exposed to a rotating permanent magnetic field that induces an eddy current on the surface of the conductive button. The conductive buttons can be implemented in a variety of different shapes and sizes. The conductive buttons can also be implemented from a variety of different metallic materials such as gold, silver, aluminum, copper or alloys. In one embodiment, the conductive buttons are partially coated with an insulating layer to direct the heat in a desired direction. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120158102 | INDUCTION HEATING FOR THE DELIVERY OF THERMAL THERAPY - An induction heating apparatus includes a first interventional device and a second interventional device. The first interventional device includes an electrically conductive material. The first interventional device is adapted for implantation inside a body and for receiving an alternating current. The second interventional device comprises a magnetically conductive material. The second interventional device is adapted for implantation inside the body in close proximity to the first interventional device. With both devices placed inside the body, the second interventional device magnetically couples with the first interventional device and the second interventional device generates heat upon the application of the alternating current to the first interventional device thereby heating the body site. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20130261711 | METHODS TO ARREST CANCER CELL GROWTH AND PROLIFERATION USING ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY DELIVERED VIA ELECTROMAGNETIC COIL SYSTEMS - A non-invasive method of using electromagnetic field energies to reduce or arrest the growth rate and proliferation of cancer cells, and induce apoptosis in cancer cells, and reduce or arrest the growth and survival of foreign pathogens, relatively without significantly harming normal cells beyond their physiologic threshold of survival are provided. The methods described herein are intended to be used toward the treatment of cancer in human or animals within the context of cancer therapeutics. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20140107738 | MAGNETIC PARTICLES - Materials and methods for making small magnetic particles, e.g., clusters of metal atoms, which can be employed as a substrate for immobilizing a plurality of ligands. Also disclosed are uses of these magnetic nanoparticles as therapeutic and diagnostic reagents, and in the study of ligand-mediated interactions. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140172049 | Nanoparticle-sized Magnetic Absorption Enhancers having Three-Dimensional Geometries Adapted for Improved Diagnostics and Hyperthermic Treatment - Nanoparticle-sized magnetic absorption enhancers (MAEs) exhibiting a controlled response to a magnetic field, including a controlled mechanical response and an inductive thermal response. The MAEs have a magnetic material that exhibits inductive thermal response to the magnetic field and is embedded in a coating, such that the MAE conforms to a particular shape, e.g., hemisphere, dome or shell, chosen to produce the controlled mechanical response. A targeting moiety for specifically binding the MAE to a pathogen target is also provided. The MAEs can be bound by a flexible linker to promote the desired mechanical response, which includes interactions between MAEs that are not bound to any pathogen target for the purpose of forming spheres, spherical shells, or generally spherical dimers to contain the thermal energy produced and to thus reduce collateral healthy tissue damage during hyperthermic treatment. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140350647 | ELECTROMAGNETIC HYPERTHERMIA ASSEMBLY - An electromagnetic hyperthermia assembly includes: a substrate; a plurality of hyperthermia needles each having a needle portion that extends through and downwardly from the substrate and that has a needle tip distal from the substrate; and a guiding plate having a plurality of through holes. The needle portions of the hyperthermia needles respectively and removably extend through the through holes such that the guiding plate is movable along the needle portions and between the substrate and the needle tips of the needle portions. The through holes keep the needle tips spaced apart from each other at predetermined positions. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20160193337 | IRON-SALEN COMPLEX | 07-07-2016 |
