发明名称 |
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CRYOSURGICAL TREATMENT OF TUMORS OF THE BREAST |
摘要 |
The present invention relates to system, device, and method utilizing cryosurgery to treat a tumor of the breast. More particularly, the present invention relates to treating a breast tumor by inserting into a breast, at a selected site known to be a locus of a tumor, an introducer having at least one access port, operating a biopsy needle through an access port to perform a biopsy of tissues at the selected site, and operating a cryoprobe through an access port to cool body tissues to cryoablation temperatures, thereby ablating or downsizing the tumor. The present invention further relates to use of cryoablation to downsize a large malignant tumor as pre-operative preparation for conventional excision surgery. |
申请公布号 |
WO03026476(A2) |
申请公布日期 |
2003.04.03 |
申请号 |
WO2002IL00792 |
申请日期 |
2002.09.26 |
申请人 |
GALIL MEDICAL LTD.;ZVULONI, RONI;AMIR, URI;SCHECHTER, DORIS;BARKAMA, RAVIT |
发明人 |
ZVULONI, RONI;AMIR, URI;SCHECHTER, DORIS;BARKAMA, RAVIT |
分类号 |
A61B10/02;A61B17/00;A61B17/22;A61B18/02 |
主分类号 |
A61B10/02 |
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