Patent ID: 8545497
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: A61B,A61N,C12M

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for carrying out electroporation on tissue comprising: a housing defining a single vacuum chamber; the chamber having an open mouth at a first edge of the chamber, a rear wall, and first and second side walls extending forward from the rear wall to the open mouth; a first planar electrode within the chamber, the first planar electrode extending along the first side wall; a second planar electrode within the chamber, the second planar electrode extending along the second side wall; the first and second planar electrodes extending generally parallel to one another; and a vacuum lumen in the housing, the vacuum lumen being in communication with a vacuum source for drawing tissue through the open mouth and into the space within the chamber between the first and second planar electrodes for applying electroporation to tissue within the chamber.