US 11,895,760 B2
Returned power for microwave applications
Chun Yiu Chu, Oakland, CA (US); Dinesh I. Mody, San Jose, CA (US); Ketan Shroff, Pleasanton, CA (US); Amrish J. Walke, Milpitas, CA (US); Kirby Chiang, Los Altos, CA (US); Christopher Ah New, San Leandro, CA (US); and Christine M. Tate, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to MicroCube, LLC, Fremont, CA (US)
Filed by MicroCube, LLC, Fremont, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/186,760.
Application 17/186,760 is a continuation of application No. 15/256,259, filed on Sep. 2, 2016, granted, now 10,939,509, issued on Mar. 2, 2021.
Application 15/256,259 is a continuation of application No. 13/854,673, filed on Apr. 1, 2013, granted, now 9,462,642, issued on Oct. 4, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/686,125, filed on Mar. 31, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2021/0235553 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. H05B 6/64 (2006.01); H05B 6/70 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01); H05B 1/02 (2006.01); H05B 6/72 (2006.01); H05B 6/66 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC H05B 6/6447 (2013.01) [A61B 18/1815 (2013.01); H05B 1/025 (2013.01); H05B 6/664 (2013.01); H05B 6/705 (2013.01); H05B 6/72 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00267 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00642 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00708 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00755 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00785 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00875 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1846 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of providing microwave energy after introducing an antenna comprising a flexible radiating element into or adjacent to a target material, the method comprising:
setting a returned power decision limit on a microwave generator connected to the antenna;
delivering a microwave energy through the antenna to the target material;
changing a shape of the antenna;
obtaining a returned power measurement of the antenna after changing the shape of the antenna;
determining a change in an electrical length of the antenna using the returned power measurement and altering delivering the microwave energy based on the change in the electrical length.