TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT IN ARRAYS FOR DELIVERING TTFIELDS

TTFields therapy is a proven approach for treating tumors using electric fields. This application describes systems and methods for measuring temperature at the electrode elements of transducer arrays that are used to apply TTFields to a subject. Temperature measurements can be obtained by interfaci...

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Hauptverfasser:	SHTOTLAND, Mikhail, KAIKOV, Victor, WASSERMAN, Yoram, KRINITSKY, Michael
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fin
Schlagworte:	ELECTROTHERAPY HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MAGNETOTHERAPY MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE RADIATION THERAPY ULTRASOUND THERAPY
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Zusammenfassung:	TTFields therapy is a proven approach for treating tumors using electric fields. This application describes systems and methods for measuring temperature at the electrode elements of transducer arrays that are used to apply TTFields to a subject. Temperature measurements can be obtained by interfacing with temperature sensors in the transducer arrays, and those temperature measurements can be transmitted to a central hub. The system comprises a plurality of distal circuits (40), each distal circuit (40) interfacing with a plurality of temperature sensors in a respective one of the transducer arrays (50) and being powered by diverting some of the energy from the imposed TTFields and storing energy in a capacitor adjacent the distal circuit (40).