Real-time ablation zone monitoring probe for focal tissue
This technology is a sensor system that monitors what happens to tissue in real time during ablation therapies — procedures that destroy tumors or disrupt cell membranes using energy (such as electrical pulses). The sensor measures how well tissue conducts electricity at two different frequencies simultaneously, which reveals whether cells are intact, damaged, or dead. It uses a flexible substrate, meaning it can conform to curved tissue surfaces, and can be arranged in configurations that capture directional information about the treated area. The result is a real-time feedback tool that tells a clinician how large and complete a lesion is as it forms.
What you could build
A disposable or reusable probe accessory integrated with ablation catheters or applicators that continuously streams lesion-formation data to a treatment console; buyers would be interventional oncology device companies and electrosurgery OEMs seeking to differentiate their ablation platforms with closed-loop feedback.
Who in Virginia should care
Medical device companies and hospital systems in the Northern Virginia/DC corridor or university-affiliated med-tech spinouts in the Charlottesville and Richmond areas would be natural partners or licensees.
Readiness: Prototype likely
Concept — described but not yet demonstrated. Lab validated — supported by experimental results in the patent. Prototype likely — the text describes a built, working embodiment.
Readiness is inferred from the patent text, not from a lab visit.
The record
- Inventors
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- Granted
- June 30, 2020
- Status
- Granted patent
- Patent number
- 102794
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Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties handles licensing for this technology.
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