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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLED TISSUE HEATING FOR DESTRUCTION OF CANCEROUS CELLS

  • US 20100100093A1
  • Filed: 09/16/2009
  • Published: 04/22/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of delivering controlled heating to a tissue of a patient, comprising:

  • positioning a plurality of electrodes in a target tissue region; and

    establishing an electrical current flow radially or in a plurality of different directions through a volume of the tissue so as to preferentially ablate cancerous cells in the volume, wherein electrical current flow is established so as to heat the target tissue to an average temperature of about 40-48 degrees C.

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