Patent ID: 11952568
Assignee: VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC C  A  G | IPC A  C  G

Claim 10:
11. A method comprising:
selecting an electrical treatment protocol from a series of electrical treatment protocol options provided by a generator programmed with the electrical treatment protocol options;
coupling the generator to at least two electrodes;
activating the generator to apply the selected electrical treatment protocol, wherein the selected electrical treatment protocol comprises a plurality of bipolar electrical pulses comprising a voltage of up to 5,000 volts and a frequency of about 500 kHz;
wherein the plurality of bipolar electrical pulses of the selected electrical treatment protocol:
comprises a first polarity portion and a second polarity portion, each portion being of opposite polarity from the other and having a square waveform;
is configured to alternate polarity from the first polarity portion to the second polarity portion separated by a delay during pulse delivery such that the first polarity portion has a first polarity before the delay and the second polarity portion has an opposite polarity after the delay, wherein the delay is from 1 times a pulse length to 5 times a pulse length; and
is configured to non-thermally ablate cells of a target area.