US 12,268,863 B2
Shiftable transducer array with anisotropic material layer
Noa Halavee, Tel Aviv (IL); Boaz Marsault, Haifa (IL); Elie Yaacobi, Haifa (IL); Golan Bar-Tal, Haifa (IL); Nitzan Shany, Haifa (IL); Yoram Wasserman, Haifa (IL); Stas Obuchovsky, Haifa (IL); Nataliya Kuplennik, Haifa (IL); David Shapiro, Haifa (IL); and Dmitry Golom, Haifa (IL)
Assigned to Novocure GmbH, Root (CH)
Filed by Novocure GmbH, Root (CH)
Filed on Feb. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/432,933.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/615,891, filed on Dec. 29, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/523,491, filed on Jun. 27, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/443,585, filed on Feb. 6, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0261566 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/0476 (2013.01) [A61N 1/0496 (2013.01); A61N 1/36002 (2017.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A transducer apparatus for delivering tumor treating fields to a subject's body, the transducer apparatus comprising:
an array of electrodes, the array configured to be positioned over the subject's body with a front face of the array facing the subject's body, the array comprising electrode elements positioned in existing electrode positions arranged around a centroid of the array;
an anisotropic material layer electrically coupled to the array of electrodes and located on a front side of the front face of the array; and
at least one void space in the array of electrodes capable of enclosing an areal footprint equivalent to at least a portion of an areal footprint of at least one existing electrode position, and superimposable on at least a portion of at least one existing electrode position by rotation of the array around the centroid.