Method and apparatus for treating cancer

摘要

A method and apparatus for treating masses, such as prostate or breast cancer, or any other soft tissue cancerous or benign mass, employs a unique, three-dimensional software-controlled electronic amplifier array using arbitrary waveforms that dynamically and proportionally steer electrical currents by using two or more current vector paths, sequentially or simultaneously, through a mass containing electrically-conductive ionic solutions so as to obtain 100% thermal beating or hyperthermia through the mass, and destroying it with a minimally-invasive treatment which requires no radiation or chemotherapy which could be harmful to the patient.

主权项

1. A method for treating a mass within a patient's body, which comprises:
positioning three or more electrode shafts that define an area around a mass, each shaft having at least two electrode bands positioned along the shaft; generating instructive signals from a processor that are DC arbitrary waveforms or AC arbitrary waveforms of a frequency of up to about 1 KHz; and receiving the instructive signals from the processor in an amplifier array configured to receive such signals and to deliver signals to the electrode bands, wherein the processor is configured to control the amplifier array in such a way as to proportionately vary the voltage amplitude of signals to the electrode bands to dynamically steer and focus ionic current vectors to create and steer a hot zone anywhere in three dimensions within the area between the electrode shafts, without moving the electrodes, to resistively heat the mass to ensure destruction of all malignant or benign cells.