Title:
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CRYOSURGICAL TREATMENT OF TUMORS OF THE BREAST
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003026476
Kind Code:
A9
Abstract:
The present invention relates to system, device, and method utilizing cryosurgery to treat a tumor of the breast. More particularly, the present invention relates to treating a breast tumor by inserting into a breast, at a selected site known to be a locus of a tumor, an introducer (52) having at least one access port (59), operating a biopsy needle (61) through an access port to perform a biopsy of tissues at the selected site, and operating a cryoprobe (64) through an access port to cool body tissues to cryoablation temperatures, thereby ablating or downsizing the tumor. The present invention further relates to use of cryoablation to downsize a large malignant tumor as pre-operative preparation for conventional excision surgery.
Inventors:
ZVULONI RONI (IL)
AMIR URI (IL)
SCHECHTER DORIS (IL)
BARKAMA RAVIT (IL)
AMIR URI (IL)
SCHECHTER DORIS (IL)
BARKAMA RAVIT (IL)
Application Number:
PCT/IL2002/000792
Publication Date:
April 08, 2004
Filing Date:
September 26, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
GALIL MEDICAL LTD (IL)
ZVULONI RONI (IL)
AMIR URI (IL)
SCHECHTER DORIS (IL)
BARKAMA RAVIT (IL)
ZVULONI RONI (IL)
AMIR URI (IL)
SCHECHTER DORIS (IL)
BARKAMA RAVIT (IL)
International Classes:
A61B10/02; A61B18/02; A61B17/00; A61B17/22; (IPC1-7): A61B18/18
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