Norfolk & Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
发明人:
Cockburn, John
申请号:
AU2011306669
公开号:
AU2011306669A1
申请日:
2011.09.21
申请国别(地区):
AU
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要:
The present invention relates to medical instruments which can be guided into place using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT). The invention especially relates to penetrating instruments inserted percutaneously (e.g. needles), for use in a wide range of medical applications using MRI or CT, such as tumour localisation (e.g. in the breast), biopsy, drainage, tissue ablation, cannula, catheter or central line insertion, and in cosmetics. The instruments are provided with an anode and a cathode, such that, in use, current flows between the anode and cathode, thereby producing a plurality of bubbles.