Patent ID: 9656066
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61K,A61N,C07K,C12M,C12N,G01N

Claim:
1. A method for stimulating an immune response to a disease in a subject, the method comprising: identifying a size and a type of a tumor in the subject; calculating a target treatment energy based on the size and type of the tumor; selecting a number of pulses greater than 50, an amplitude of at least 10 kilovolts per centimeter, or a pulse length of between 0.1 and 1000 nanoseconds for sub-microsecond pulsed electric fields based on the calculated target treatment energy; flanking at least one pair of electrodes in or around the tumor or a portion thereof; and applying to the tumor, using the at least one pair of electrodes, sub-microsecond pulsed electric fields having the selected number of pulses, selected amplitude, or selected pulse length.