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X-ray needle providing heating with microwave energy

  • US 5,944,749 A
  • Filed: 11/25/1997
  • Issued: 08/31/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/04/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In combination for treating a patient,first means disposed in an axial direction and defining a first energy source for generating heat and directing the generated heat in the axial direction,second means disposed in the axial direction in co-axial relationship with the first source of energy and defining a second energy source different from the first energy source for generating heat, andthe first and second means being constructed to direct to the patient the heat generated by the first and second means at one end of the first and second means,the second means being disposed on the first means in co-axial relationship with the first means andthe first means being constructed at one end of the first means to define a tip of a needle andthe second means being open at the one end to introduce to the patient the heat generated by the second means.

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