Patents Assigned to CNR Consiglio Nazionale deile Ricerche
  • Patent number: 7113832
    Abstract: The present invention relates to minimally invasive surgery techniques. It provides a method for manufacturing an antenna for percutaneous acute hyperthermia microwave applications of the monopole or dipole co-axial type provided with trap, commonly called choke, for blocking the propagation of the backwards reflecting wave towards the generator. The miniaturization of the device allows a use minimally invasive for interstitial hyperthermia in medicine and surgery, in particular for oncology. The method of manufacturing the antenna provides a metal needle (1) for the introduction of the antenna (2,3,4) in the target tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: CNR Consiglio Nazionale deile Ricerche
    Inventor: Iginio Longo