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This technology is a surgical system that destroys unwanted tissue—such as tumors—using precisely controlled electrical pulses rather than heat or surgery. It works by delivering rapid bursts of electricity that alternate direction (bipolar pulses) to kill cells without the collateral tissue damage common in older electroporation devices. A key feature is software that builds a 3D model of the patient's specific tumor from medical images, then calculates the exact pulse parameters needed to treat that individual anatomy. The bipolar pulse design reduces the excessive electrical charge buildup that can char or damage surrounding healthy tissue.
What you could build
A capital medical device—a generator plus treatment-planning software—sold to interventional oncology and interventional radiology departments for image-guided, minimally invasive tumor ablation. Hospital systems and cancer centers performing liver, kidney, and pancreatic ablations would be the primary buyers.
Who in Virginia should care
Virginia hospital systems with interventional oncology programs (Inova, VCU Health, UVA Health) and defense/biomedical device firms in the Northern Virginia and Richmond corridors would be plausible 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
- Robert E. Neal II, Paulo A. Garcia, Rafael V. Davalos, John H. Rossmeisl, John L. Robertson
- Granted
- February 22, 2022
- Status
- Granted patent
- Patent number
- 11254926
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