US 12,475,986 B2
Method and apparatus for administering a cancer drug
Shoshanna N. Zucker, Williamsville, NY (US); and Douglas P. DuFaux, Orchard Park, NY (US)
Assigned to HANIVA LLC, Williamsville, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/755,818
Filed by Haniva LLC, Williamsville, NY (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/059332
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/092324, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/932,256, filed on Nov. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0399096 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. G16H 20/17 (2018.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 18/04 (2006.01); A61B 34/32 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC G16H 20/17 (2018.01) [A61B 17/3403 (2013.01); A61B 18/042 (2013.01); A61B 34/32 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3945 (2016.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for administering a cancer drug, comprising:
a robotic arm, operatively arranged to move a drug-delivery device, in sequence, to each of a plurality of predetermined positions on tissue to be treated;
a tactile sensor arranged at the distal end of said drug-delivery device and operatively arranged to determine vertical height movement of said robotic arm for contact with a surface of said tissue to be treated;
a reservoir arranged to store said cancer drug;
a needle, operatively arranged to be moved to each of said predetermined positions on said tissue, and to deliver said drug at those positions; and,
a torch head having an electrode for generating non-thermal plasma in proximity to a distal end of said needle and an area of said tissue to be treated, said torch head having:
a first end and a second end;
an upper electrode coupler; and,
a tube fluidly connected to said torch head at said second end to a gas source, and said first end to discharge non-thermal plasma.