Chun Yiu CHU,Ketan SHROFF,Dinesh I. MODY,Clarence EMMONS,Amrish J. WALKE
申请号：
US16421927
公开号：
US20190380776A1
申请日:
2019.05.24
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2019
代理人:
摘要：
The invention comprises novel microwave antennas wherein the microwave field profile generated by an antenna is tailored and optimized for a particular clinical application. The antennas disclosed herein incorporate one or more additional elements called shaping elements that use unique properties of microwaves such as interaction of a microwave field with one or more conductive or non-conductive elements to shape or redistribute the microwave field. Such shaping elements may be used to reduce the undesired backward coupling of the emitted microwave field to the transmission line. Such shaping elements may be used to increase the power efficiency of the antenna. The invention also discloses devices and methods for treating tissue with microwave energy emitted from the antennas for use in applications such as destroying a soft tissue by microwave ablation.
