Patent ID: 7481781
Filing Date: 2009-01-27
Classification: A61B,A61K,A61N

Abstract:
1. A method of using an electric field and ultrasound in combination to ablate a nucleated cell of a multicellular organism, comprising the steps of: (a)(i) sensitizing the cell by exposure to the ultrasound so that the cell is rendered more susceptible to disruption by exposure to the electric field than a cell which has not been so sensitized, and (b)(i) exposing said sensitized cell to the electric field, (a)(ii) sensitizing the cell by exposure to the electric field so that the cell is rendered more susceptible to disruption by exposure to the ultrasound than a cell which has not been so sensitized, and (b)(ii) exposing said sensitized cell to the ultrasound, whereby the cell is ablated.