Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080262486 | Planning and facilitation systems and methods for cryosurgery - Systems and methods for planning a cryoablation procedure and for facilitating a cryoablation procedure utilize integrated images displaying, in a common virtual space, a three-dimensional model of a surgical intervention site based on digitized preparatory images of the site from first imaging modalities, simulation images of cryoprobes used according to an operator-planned cryoablation procedure at the site, and real-time images provided by second imaging modalities during cryoablation. The system supplies recommendations for and evaluations of the planned cryoablation procedure, feedback to an operator during cryoablation, and guidance and control signals for operating a cryosurgery tool during cryoablation. Methods are provided for generating a nearly-uniform cold field among a plurality of cryoprobes, for cryoablating a volume with smooth and well-defined borders, thereby minimizing damage to healthy tissues. | 10-23-2008 |
20080300586 | Apparatus and method for compressing a gas, and cryosurgery system and method utilizing same - An apparatus for compressing a gas and its uses are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a fixed-volume container having a hollow and a moveable element subdividing said hollow into a first variable-volume portion and a second variable-volume portion, the second variable-volume portion having an opening for introducing therein a hydraulic and/or pneumatic fluid under pressure, for causing an increase in the volume of said second variable-portion by moving said moveable element, thereby, consequently, decreasing the volume of the first variable-volume portion and compressing a gas contained therein. | 12-04-2008 |
20090118724 | Method and Apparatus for Positioning a Medical Instrument - Presented are methods and apparatus for delivering a surgical instrument to a treatment site within the body of a subject, enabling accurate placement of surgical tools in areas not directly visible to a surgeon during a surgical procedure, while reducing or eliminating need for real-time imaging modalities to guide placement of those surgical tools. A treatment tool is guided to a treatment site by placing a guiding element at a reference site within a body of a subject, the reference site having a known spatial relationship to the treatment site, and utilizing a positioning tool to guide a treatment tool to a locus so positioned with respect to that guiding element that the spatial relationship between that guiding element and that locus is substantially similar to the spatial relationship known to exist between the reference site and the treatment site, thereby positioning the treatment tool substantially at the treatment site. Methods and apparatus for focusing energy at a treatment site, methods and apparatus for treatment of Benign Prostate Hyperplasia, and methods and apparatus for performing a saturation biopsy of an organ are also presented. | 05-07-2009 |
20090292279 | Device and Method for Coordinated Insertion of a Plurality of Cryoprobes - The present invention relates to devices and methods delivering a plurality of thermal ablation probes to an organic target in a body, the probes being delivered in a configuration and orientation enabling efficient and thorough ablation of a large target of complex shape. Preferred embodiments include introducers having individual probe channels shaped to direct inserted probes to diverge upon exiting the introducer, probes designed and constructed to bend in selected manner when exiting the introducer, and apparatus for stabilizing an introducer with respect to a target during insertion of treatment probes from introducer to target. | 11-26-2009 |
20090292280 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING TISSUES DURING CRYOABLATION - An apparatus and method for protecting the neurovascular bundle during cryoablation of tissues of the prostate by heating the vicinity of the neurovascular bundle while cooling pathological tissues of a prostate to cryoablation temperatures, thereby cryoablating pathological tissues while protecting the neurovascular bundle from damage. A cryoprobe operable to cool a distal operating tip while heating a proximal shaft is presented. | 11-26-2009 |
20130090554 | FOCUSED PROSTATE CANCER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods for locating lesions in a prostate or other organ during a first intervention session, and for using that lesion location information during a second intervention session are presented. A module for detecting and reporting the position of a prostate in real time is disclosed. The module comprises a sensor which detects and electronic signal. An image registration system for mapping first-session 3D model information to a second-session 3D model is also presented, as is a prostate modeling facilitation tool which comprises a set of predefined 3D models of the prostate. | 04-11-2013 |
20130197421 | PANCREATICOBILIARY DIVERSION DEVICE - Apparatus ( | 08-01-2013 |
20140343477 | PANCREATIOBILIARY DIVERSION DEVICE - Apparatus ( | 11-20-2014 |
20150018802 | CATHETERIZATION APPARATUS AND METHODS THEREOF - A containing catheter for facilitating sequential treatment operations therethrough, is provided. The containing catheter comprises a median portion comprising an elongated, substantially tubular member, and a distal portion, comprising a distal stiff member. A catheterization apparatus is provided, comprising the containing catheter and an elongated inner catheter insertable into the containing catheter. A method of catheterization is provided, comprising providing the containing catheter, stiffening a portion of the containing catheter and inserting the stiffened containing catheter into a body conduit of a patient. | 01-15-2015 |
20150045648 | INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR FOCUSED TREATMENT AND METHODS THEREOF - An integrated system for facilitating local treatment in an organ and capable of universally interfacing with other devices and systems is provided. The integrated system comprises an imaging system interface module configured to functionally associate with an imaging system capable of presenting to a user, through a user-interface device, parameters indicating a mode of operation of the imaging system. The imaging system interface module is configured to receive at least one of the parameters, to interpret such parameter and to allow the integrated system to assume a mode of operation according the parameter. The integrated system further comprises a treatment tool interface module, configured to receive and detect a treatment event signal from a portable treatment tool. The treatment event signal indicates a treatment event, thereby allowing establishing a time of the treatment event and thereby establishing a locality of a treatment provided to the organ by the portable treatment tool. | 02-12-2015 |