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Apparatus and method for delivering ablative laser energy and determining the volume of tumor mass destroyed

  • US 7,171,253 B2
  • Filed: 02/14/2005
  • Issued: 01/30/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus displaying a volume of a tumor mass destroyed, the apparatus comprising:

  • means for measuring a temperature of at least part of the tumor mass;

    means for measuring at least a temperature at one point in proximity of the tumor mass; and

    means for providing a graphical representation of the volume of the tumor mass destroyed based at least in part upon measuring temperature of at least part of the tumor mass and at least one point in proximity of the tumor mass.

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