Patent ID: 8968171
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A cancer treatment system for use in activating target particles, which are inserted into a patient to treat cancer comprising: a computerized database, comprising data that defines sets of magnetic field characteristics comprising at least one of: field type, frequency, field strength, duration, field modulation, repetition frequency, and polarization, each set defining magnetic field characteristics necessary to energize a type of target particle in a predetermined manner; a magnetic field controller computer, configured to utilize user-provided identification of at least one type of target particle in said target particles and a location of the cancer for automatically selecting one of the sets of magnetic field characteristics as stored in the computerized database, necessary to energize the identified at least one type of target particles in a predetermined manner; a magnetic field generator configured to generate a variable magnetic field having selected magnetic field characteristics, said magnetic field being configured for application to said patient to activate the identified at least one type of target particles without the presence of a DC magnetic field; a particle temperature sensor, configured to respond to the activation of the identified at least one type of target particles, by producing a measurement of the temperature of the identified at least one type of target particles, the particle temperature sensor in communication with the magnetic field generator; and wherein said magnetic field generator is configured to respond to the temperature of the activated identified at least one type of target particles, to adjust the magnetic field in response thereto.