Multi-layer electrode ablation probe and related methods
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1. A system for tissue ablation, comprising:
- a probe comprising a plurality of electrodes adapted to define a first treatment volume and a second treatment volume in a target tissue, wherein the first volume is smaller than the second volume and positioned within the second volume;
an energy source coupled to the probe to establish ablating current flows extending radially through the target tissue;
a computer control system operatively coupled to the probe and the energy source, and programmed to provide alternating electrical current to different sets of electrodes of the plurality so as to preferentially ablate cancerous cells of the target tissue within the treatment volumes compared to non-cancerous cells within the treatment volumes, wherein providing the alternating electrical current comprises differentially activating (a) a first set of electrodes of the plurality so as to induce a first voltage field; and
(b) a second set of electrodes so as to induce a second voltage field.
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Abstract
Electric field delivery and ablation of target tissue regions, including cancerous cells and solid tumors. Methods and systems include delivering an electric field to a target tissue, and may include positioning a first electrode or plurality to at least partially define a first treatment volume in the target tissue; positioning a second electrode or plurality to at least partially define a second treatment volume, the first volume is disposed in the second volume; and establishing a first current flow extending through the first volume and a second current flow extending through the second volume.
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1. A system for tissue ablation, comprising:
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a probe comprising a plurality of electrodes adapted to define a first treatment volume and a second treatment volume in a target tissue, wherein the first volume is smaller than the second volume and positioned within the second volume; an energy source coupled to the probe to establish ablating current flows extending radially through the target tissue; a computer control system operatively coupled to the probe and the energy source, and programmed to provide alternating electrical current to different sets of electrodes of the plurality so as to preferentially ablate cancerous cells of the target tissue within the treatment volumes compared to non-cancerous cells within the treatment volumes, wherein providing the alternating electrical current comprises differentially activating (a) a first set of electrodes of the plurality so as to induce a first voltage field; and
(b) a second set of electrodes so as to induce a second voltage field. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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