Real-time impedance monitoring module for electroporation
This technology is a medical system for destroying unwanted tissue using electroporation — a technique that uses short, intense electrical pulses to irreversibly damage cells. What makes this system distinctive is that it monitors treatment progress in real time by measuring how the electrical properties of tissue change before and during the procedure. A built-in pulse generator sends test signals at the start and continuously throughout treatment, and the system uses the difference in tissue impedance readings to calculate how much ablation has occurred and when to stop. This gives clinicians an objective, real-time signal for treatment completion rather than relying on pre-set parameters or post-procedure imaging.
What you could build
A software-and-hardware upgrade module or standalone electroporation ablation system for interventional oncology and cardiac electrophysiology suites that automatically signals treatment endpoint using impedance monitoring; target buyers are hospitals, interventional radiology centers, and electrophysiology labs, as well as medical device OEMs seeking to differentiate their ablation platforms.
Who in Virginia should care
Virginia hospitals and health systems (Inova, VCU Health, UVA Health) performing interventional oncology or cardiac ablation procedures, plus medtech companies in the Northern Virginia/DC corridor seeking IP to differentiate ablation product lines.
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 Neal II, Rafael V. Davalos
- Granted
- February 6, 2024
- Status
- Granted patent
- Patent number
- 11890046
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Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties handles licensing for this technology.
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