US 12,226,139 B2
Systems and methods for thermal treatment of tissue
Dieter Manstein, Coral Gables, FL (US); and Seyed Reza Monazami Miralipour, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US)
Filed by The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Mar. 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/833,381.
Application 16/833,381 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/478,839, previously published as PCT/US2018/014578, filed on Jan. 19, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/824,783, filed on Mar. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/541,650, filed on Aug. 4, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/532,343, filed on Jul. 13, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/523,492, filed on Jun. 22, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/511,837, filed on May 26, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/500,047, filed on May 2, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/482,027, filed on Apr. 5, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/447,997, filed on Jan. 19, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0222103 A1, Jul. 16, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 18/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/02 (2013.01) [A61B 2018/00029 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00065 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00291 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00714 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0075 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0237 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A noninvasive medical device configured to provide cooling to a tissue region, the noninvasive medical device comprising:
a base including a top plate and a bottom plate opposite the top plate;
an inlet port and an outlet port arranged on the top plate;
a treatment surface arranged on the base and configured to engage the tissue region; and
a flow channel formed internal to the base and in fluid communication with the inlet port and the outlet port to form a closed circuit that isolates a working fluid from the tissue region, wherein the inlet port is configured to receive the working fluid and the flow channel is configured to promote evaporation of the working fluid to cool the base to a predetermined temperature.