Limiting ablation based at least partially on Compton scattered X-ray visualizing, imaging, or information providing

• US 20080253530A1
• Filed: 01/29/2008
• Published: 10/16/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Ishikawa, Muriel Y., Smith, Michael A., Weaver, Thomas A., Myhrvold, Nathan P., Tegreene, Clarence T., Lord, Robert W., Boyden, Edward S., Jung, Edward K.Y., Whitmer, Charles, Rivet, Dennis J., Hyde, Roderick A., Wood, Victoria Y.H., Leuthardt, Eric C., Wood, Lowell L., Foster, Glenn B.
• Application Number:
  US12/011,990
• Publication Number:
  US 20080253530A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 378/87
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/12 by passing a current through the tissue to be heated, e.g. high-frequency current
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/20 using laser
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/12 Arrangements for detecting or locating foreign bodies
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/482 involving multiple energy imaging
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/483 involving scattered radiation
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/505 for diagnosis of bone
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/506 for diagnosis of nerves
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/507 for determination of haemodynamic parameters, e.g. perfusion CT
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/508 for non-human patients
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/512 Intraoral means
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/548 Remote control of the apparatus or devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 7/02 Localised ultrasound hyperthermia hyperthermia in general A61F7/00

Abstract

Certain aspects relate to locating an at least some matter of at least a portion of an individual within an at least one prescribed desired ablating region at least partially responsive to a Compton X-ray scattering visualizing, imaging, or information providing within the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual. Certain aspects relate to ablating the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual within the at least one prescribed desired ablating region at least partially responsive to a locating the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual within the at least one prescribed desired ablating region, in a manner that limits effects of the ablating to the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual at regions outside of the at least one prescribed desired ablating region based at least partially on the locating the at least one prescribed desired ablating region at least partially responsive to the locating the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual within the at least one prescribed desired ablating region.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

locating an at least some matter of at least a portion of an individual within an at least one prescribed desired ablating region at least partially responsive to a Compton X-ray scattering visualizing, imaging, or information providing within the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual; and

ablating the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual within the at least one prescribed desired ablating region at least partially responsive to a locating the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual within the at least one prescribed desired ablating region, in a manner that limits effects of the ablating to the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual at regions outside of the at least one prescribed desired ablating region based at least partially on the locating the at least one prescribed desired ablating region at least partially responsive to the locating the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual within the at least one prescribed desired ablating region.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the ablating the at least some of the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual within the at least one prescribed desired ablating region is performed in a substantially real-time basis.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the limiting the ablating to the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual at regions outside of the at least one prescribed desired ablating region is at least partially based on focusing multiple beams to the at least one prescribed desired ablating region.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the limiting the ablating to the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual at regions outside of the at least one prescribed desired ablating region is at least partially based on directing multiple beams at different angles to the at least one prescribed desired ablating region.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the limiting the ablating to the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual at regions outside of the at least one prescribed desired ablating region is at least partially based on directing multiple beams from different positions to the at least one prescribed desired ablating region.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the ablating the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual is provided with a low invasiveness of the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the ablating the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual comprises:

ablating using multiple beams directed to the at least one prescribed desired ablating region within the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the ablating the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual comprises:

ablating using multiple beams that are focused to the at least one prescribed desired ablating region within the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the ablating the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual is at least partially performed by at least one from an ablating tool group, the ablating tool group involves an at least one X-ray ablating device, an at least one chemical ablating device, an at least one thermal ablating device, an at least one ultrasound ablating device, an at least one generated microbubble ablating device, an at least one optical ablating device, an at least one electrical ablating device, an at least one physical ablating device, an at least one cauterizing ablating device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the individual includes at least one from a group of individuals, the group of individuals includes at least one of a human, an animal, an organism, and/or a plant.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual at least partially includes a group of matter, the group of matter includes at least one from at least one tissue, at least one bodily fluid, at least a portion of a bone, a boney portion, or at least one bone portion or bone fragment, at least a tooth, or a portion thereof, or an at least partially internal insert.

12. An apparatus, comprising:

an ablating portion configured to ablate the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual within an at least one prescribed desired ablating region at least partially responsive to a locating the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual within the at least one prescribed desired ablating region; and

ablating portion configured to limit effects of the ablating to the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual at regions outside of the at least one prescribed desired ablating region.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the ablating portion configured to ablate the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual within the at least one prescribed desired ablating region is performed in a substantially real-time basis.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the ablating portion configured to limit effects of the ablating to the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual at regions outside of the at least one prescribed desired ablating region is at least partially based on focusing multiple beams to the at least one prescribed desired ablating region.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, ablating portion configured to limit effects of the ablating to the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual at regions outside of the at least one prescribed desired ablating region is at least partially based on directing multiple beams at different angles to the at least one prescribed desired ablating region.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, ablating portion configured to limit effects of the ablating to the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual at regions outside of the at least one prescribed desired ablating region is at least partially based on directing multiple beams from different positions to the at least one prescribed desired ablating region.

17. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the ablating portion configured to limit effects of the ablating to the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual at regions outside of the at least one prescribed desired ablating region is provided with a low invasiveness of the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual.

18. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the ablating portion configured to ablate the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual comprises:

the ablating portion configured to ablate with multiple converging ablating beams the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual.

19. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the ablating portion configured to ablate the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual comprises:

the ablating portion configured to ablate with multiple focused ablating beams the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual.

20. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the ablating portion configured to ablate the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual is at least partially performed by at least one from an ablating tool group, the ablating tool group involves an at least one X-ray ablating device, an at least one chemical ablating device, an at least one thermal ablating device, an at least one ultrasound ablating device, an at least one generated microbubble ablating device, an at least one optical ablating device, an at least one electrical ablating device, an at least one physical ablating device, an at least one cauterizing ablating device.

21. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the individual includes at least one from a group of individuals, the group of individuals includes at least one of a human, an animal, an organism, and/or a plant.

22. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual at least partially includes a group of matter, the group of matter includes at least one from at least one tissue, at least one bodily fluid, at least a portion of a bone, a boney portion, or at least one bone portion or bone fragment, at least a tooth, or a portion thereof, or an at least partially internal insert.

23. A method, comprising:

medically ablating an at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual within an at least one prescribed desired ablating region at least partially responsive to a locating the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual within the at least one prescribed desired ablating region, in a manner that limits effects of the ablating to the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual at regions outside of the at least one prescribed desired ablating region based at least partially on the locating the at least one prescribed desired ablating region at least partially responsive to the locating the at least some matter of the at least the portion of the individual within the at least one prescribed desired ablating region.