Patent ID: 9351790
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A system for treating a region of living tissue, comprising: a) an electrical signal generator configured to generate a time-varying electric field having a plurality of pulses, each of said plurality of pulses having a rise time and a fall time, wherein at least one of the rise time and the fall time lasts between about 1-100 microseconds and wherein the rise time and the fall time lasts for a total duration between about 2-200 microseconds in combination; b) at least one electrode configured to be placed proximate an anatomical region of interest to deliver the time varying electric field to the anatomical region of interest, wherein the electric field has a peak magnitude between about of 100-100,000 V/cm, and wherein the peak value of the electric field within tissue at the anatomical region of interest is controlled by the rate of voltage variation and by the peak voltage imposed by the electrical signal generator; and c) an electrical current limiting barrier layer configured to be disposed between the at least one electrode and the anatomical region of interest.