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Thermal
treatment systems are used, for example, to ablate liver metastatic tumors,
treat benign prostatic hyperplasia, ablate cardiac tissue for the prevention
of arrhythmia, heat corneal tissue to correct myopia, treat urinary
incontinence, treat sleep apnea and snoring, tighten ligaments within the
joints, tighten collagen for cosmetic purposes, occlude the Fallopian tubes
and for other therapeutic purposes. Despite
a vast array of systems for treating different types of tissue, there are
relatively few systems that are capable of monitoring procedures
non-invasively and in real-time.
Systems capable of non-invasive monitoring typically utilize
near-infrared tomography, birefringence techniques, electrical impedance
imaging or permittivity imaging.
However, most of these techniques require several seconds or minutes
to create an image, which is typically too long for real-time monitoring. This
technology is claimed in a pending patent application. We are seeking an industrial partner
interested in its commercialization. (Ref:
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