US 11,957,405 B2
Methods of sterilization and treating infection using irreversible electroporation
Robert Pearson, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to ANGIODYNAMICS, INC., Latham, NY (US)
Filed by AngioDynamics, Inc., Latham, NY (US)
Filed on Oct. 16, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/073,039.
Application 17/073,039 is a continuation of application No. 15/864,421, filed on Jan. 8, 2018, abandoned.
Application 15/864,421 is a continuation of application No. 14/302,678, filed on Jun. 12, 2014, granted, now 9,895,189, issued on Feb. 20, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/834,471, filed on Jun. 13, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0030463 A1, Feb. 4, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 18/1477 (2013.01) [A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00613 (2013.01); A61B 2018/124 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1467 (2013.01); A61B 2034/252 (2016.02); A61B 2034/254 (2016.02)] 17 Claims
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1. A method of treating infected tissue of a patient comprising:
placing two electrodes near a treatment site, wherein the treatment site comprises the infected tissue;
activating a generator, the generator to be operatively coupled to the two electrodes, the generator to generate electrical pulses to be delivered between the two electrodes;
wherein the electrical pulses are sufficient to irreversibly electroporate the infected tissue while leaving intact a natural tissue scaffold of the patient within the treatment site;
wherein the treatment site further comprises a pre-inserted medical device, wherein the pre-inserted medical device is comprised of a conductive material, wherein the pre-inserted medical device functions as a return electrode.