Abstract: An apparatus for treating solid tumors having at least one hollow needle having at least one perforation, at least one ground electrode, a pump for delivering a chemotherapeutic agent through the perforation in the hollow needle, one or more power supplies connected to the hollow needle and the ground electrode capable of delivering a pulse of alternating current between the hollow needle and the ground electrode of at least 1000 volts and no more than 1 millisecond duration, a direct current between the hollow needle and the ground electrode between about 1 mA and 100 mA, and a second alternating current having a frequency range between about 1 MHz and 1000 MHz.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 17, 2013
Date of Patent:
January 26, 2016
Assignee:
QUANTUM CURE, INC.
Inventors:
Alex Kosik, Wes Hymer, Max I. Fomitchev-Zamilov
Abstract: An apparatus for treating solid tumors having at least one hollow needle having at least one perforation, at least one ground electrode, a pump for delivering a chemotherapeutic agent through the perforation in the hollow needle, one or more power supplies connected to the hollow needle and the ground electrode capable of delivering a pulse of alternating current between the hollow needle and the ground electrode of at least 1000 volts and no more than 1 millisecond duration, a direct current between the hollow needle and the ground electrode between about 1 mA and 100 mA, and a second alternating current having a frequency range between about 1 MHz and 1000 MHz.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 17, 2013
Publication date:
December 18, 2014
Applicant:
Quantum Cure, Inc.
Inventors:
Alex KOSIK, Wes HYMER, Max I. FOMITCHEV-ZAMILOV