APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING AND ADAPTING TREATMENT OF MULTIPLE TUMORS IN PATIENTS WITH METASTATIC DISEASE BY ELECTRIC FIELD

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING AND ADAPTING TREATMENT OF MULTIPLE TUMORS IN PATIENTS WITH METASTATIC DISEASE BY ELECTRIC FIELD

A method of delivering tumor treating electric fields to a body of a patient. The method includes scanning the body of the patient for identifying at least two tumor-filled areas. The method further includes determining a spatial relationship in between the at least two tumor-filled areas. The metho...

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Hauptverfasser: TRAVERS, Peter F, KRYWICK, Scott, WATKINS, Ken, ROTONDO, Richard, TRAVERS, Nathaniel R
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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ELECTROTHERAPY
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
MAGNETOTHERAPY
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
RADIATION THERAPY
ULTRASOUND THERAPY
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Zusammenfassung:A method of delivering tumor treating electric fields to a body of a patient. The method includes scanning the body of the patient for identifying at least two tumor-filled areas. The method further includes determining a spatial relationship in between the at least two tumor-filled areas. The method further includes arranging an array of insulated electrode elements on the body of the patient. The method further includes implementing at least two subarray firing configurations for the array of insulated electrode elements to treat the at least two tumor-filled areas depending at least in part upon the spatial relationship in between the at least two tumor-filled areas such that each subarray firing configuration treats a respective tumor-filled area.