Patent ID: 7736334

Claim:
Implantable tube for heating by conduction a heat transfer fluid for injection into all or part of a human or animal tissue, the tube being provided with a wall having a distal part in contact with a zone to be treated, a median part and a proximal part, the distal part and the median part being adapted for tissue implantation, and comprising means for directly or indirectly connecting the proximal part to a fluid reservoir, further comprising two means for connection of the wall to terminals of an electric power supply, for incoming and outgoing current in the wall, and the tube having a resistance less than 0.01Ω in the median part and the proximal part, and a resistance of between 0.2 and 2Ω in the distal part, the median part and the proximal part being connected electrically in series to the distal part, wherein the distal part produces substantially all of the heating by conduction of the heat transfer fluid in the tube.