Patent ID: 7627381

Claim:
A method of inducing hyperthermia in at least target cells of a patient, comprising the steps of: providing an RF transmitter having an RF generator in circuit communication with a transmission head, the RF generator capable of generating a hyperthermia-inducing RF signal having at least one frequency for transmission via the transmission head; providing antibodies or antibody fragments or other targeting moieties labeled with at least one particle of electrically conductive radiometal suitable for radiotherapy and characterized by targeting a target biomolecule of at least one of the target cells; providing a reception head different from the transmission head; introducing the radiotherapy-suitable radiometal-labeled antibodies or antibody fragments or other targeting moieties into the patient; waiting for at least some of the radiotherapy-suitable radiometal-labeled antibodies or antibody fragments or other targeting moieties to bind to some of the target cells; arranging the transmission head and the reception head on opposite sides of at least one body part of the patient containing the target cells in such a manner that the RF signal transmitted via the transmission head to the reception head passes through and warms at least the radiotherapy-suitable radiometal-labeled antibodies or antibody fragments or other targeting moieties bound to target cells; transmitting the RF signal via the transmission head to the reception head, thereby warming the radiotherapy-suitable radiometal-labeled antibodies or antibody fragments or other targeting moieties bound to target cells; and receiving with the reception head at least a portion of the RF signal that passed through the patient.