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US4350168A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Hyperthermic treatment device

Assignee: Societe Anonyme de Telecommunications SAT
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Filing: 1980-06-23
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Granted: 1982-09-21
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Expires: 2000-06-23
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Abstract

Abstract A device for hyperthermia treatment using radio-frequency generation applied externally to the surface of a patient's body and a temperature measuring device comprising thermocouples in hypodermic needles to be inserted in the patient's body, the output of each thermocouple being passed through a low-pass or band-stop filter to a switching device for selecting a given thermocouple and comparing its output to a reference thermocouple, and the output of the switching device being passed through a low-pass filter to a recorder.

Inventors

  • 👤 Yves A. Chable
  • 👤 Serge Lacroix
  • 👤 Philippe M. Rault

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 14:16
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61N; A61N1/00; A61N1/02; A61N1/04; A61N1/06; A61N1/40; A61N1/403

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim 194 words
A device for measuring the temperature of a tumor in a patient'body during heating of the tumor by external application to the tumor of a radiofrequency power, which comprises n thermocouples for measuring the temperature at a point inside the patient's body, each said thermocouple having two output leads, n hypodermic needles, and each said thermocouple being placed inside one of said hypodermic needles with the leads exiting therefrom, n band-stop filters, each of the said two output leads of each said thermocouple being connected to one of said band-stop filters as near as possible to the exit of the leads from each said hypodermic needle, a switching and temperature comparison means for selecting a said thermocouple inside the patient's body and comparing its output to a reference thermocouple, the output of each said filter being connected to the input of said switching and temperature comparison means, a low-pass filter connected to the output of said switching and temperature comparison means for enabling correct measurement of the temperature of the tumor without interrupting the application of said radiofrequency power, and a recorder connected to the output of said low-pass filter for recording said temperature.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 194 words
A device for measuring the temperature of a tumor in a patient'body during heating of the tumor by external application to the tumor of a radiofrequency power, which comprises n thermocouples for measuring the temperature at a point inside the patient's body, each said thermocouple having two output leads, n hypodermic needles, and each said thermocouple being placed inside one of said hypodermic needles with the leads exiting therefrom, n band-stop filters, each of the said two output leads of each said thermocouple being connected to one of said band-stop filters as near as possible to the exit of the leads from each said hypodermic needle, a switching and temperature comparison means for selecting a said thermocouple inside the patient's body and comparing its output to a reference thermocouple, the output of each said filter being connected to the input of said switching and temperature comparison means, a low-pass filter connected to the output of said switching and temperature comparison means for enabling correct measurement of the temperature of the tumor without interrupting the application of said radiofrequency power, and a recorder connected to the output of said low-pass filter for recording said temperature.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 198 words
The device according to claim 1, wherein said switching and temperature comparison means has first and second output terminals and 2(n+1) input terminals and comprises a plate of 2(n+1) isothermal points of connection, a first switch operable to select one of said thermocouples of which the temperature is intended to be recorded, and a second switch operable to connect said one thermocouple to a reference thermocouple having two output terminals, each said switch having one output terminal and n input terminals, said isothermal points of connection being connected, at the input side, to said band-stop filters connected to said thermocouples and, for the two last points of connection, to the two output terminals of the reference thermocouple, respectively, and at the output side, for the first 2n points of connection, to the input terminals of said first and second switches, respectively, and, for point of connection 2n+1, to the output terminal of said second switch, and, for point 2n+2 of said plate directly to the second output terminal of said switching and temperature comparison means, and the output terminal of said first switch being connected directly to the first output terminal of said switching and temperature comparison means.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1985-09-20 1986-03-22 1986-09-21 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1989-09-20 1990-03-22 1990-09-21 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1993-09-20 1994-03-22 1994-09-21 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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