Abstract: Current cancer treatments such as surgery, radiation and chemotherapy have significant side-effects for the patients. New treatments are being developed to reduce these side-effects while giving doctors alternative methods to treat patients. This invention introduces a new apparatus for treatment of malignant tumors including brain cancer, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, and breast cancer. The apparatus couples RF power into the tumor using evanescent waves. The evanescent waves disrupt the division of cancer cells causing the cancer cells to die and shrink the size of the tumor. Due to the targeted approach of the evanescent waves, less RF energy is wasted in healthy cells.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 1, 2021
Date of Patent:
February 27, 2024
Assignee:
Evanesc Therapeutics, Inc.
Inventors:
Mehran Matloubian, Timothy J. Brockett, Gregg A. Hollingsworth
Abstract: Current cancer treatments such as surgery, radiation and chemotherapy have significant side-effects for the patients. New treatments are being developed to reduce these side-effects while giving doctors alternative methods to treat patients. This invention introduces a new apparatus for treatment of malignant tumors including brain cancer, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, and breast cancer. The apparatus couples RF power into the tumor using evanescent waves. The evanescent waves disrupt the division of cancer cells causing the cancer cells to die and shrink the size of the tumor. Due to the targeted approach of the evanescent waves, less RF energy is wasted in healthy cells.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 7, 2018
Date of Patent:
January 4, 2022
Assignee:
EVANESC THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Inventors:
Mehran Matloubian, Timothy J. Brockett, Gregg A. Hollingsworth
Abstract: Current cancer treatments such as surgery, radiation and chemotherapy have significant side-effects for the patients. New treatments are being developed to reduce these side-effects while giving doctors alternative methods to treat patients. This invention introduces a new method for treatment of malignant tumors including brain cancer, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, and ovarian cancer. The method uses low-power RF wave to disrupt and kill cancer cells during mitosis resulting in shrinking the size of solid tumors. Direction of polarization of the electric field of the RF wave relative to the axis of division of the cancer cells has an impact on the ability of the RF wave in disrupting mitosis and killing the cancer cells. Since the orientation of the cancer cells in a tumor are random a method is needed to change the orientation of the applied RF wave spatially with time to maximize elimination of the cancer cells.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 29, 2019
Date of Patent:
July 13, 2021
Assignee:
EVANESC THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Inventors:
Mehran Matloubian, Timothy J. Brockett, Gregg A. Hollingsworth