Thermotherapy apparatus for the treatment and prevention of cancer in male and female patients and cosmetic tissue ablation

摘要

Hyperthermia apparatus, usable in the treatment of cancerous or benign conditions of a body by selective irradiation of body tissue with energy, the apparatus comprising. means (410) for monitoring temperatures of the surface adjacent to body tissue to be irradiated skin; at least one energy applicator (100) positionable around a body site to be treated; control means (250) to set the initial power level supplied to each of the at least one energy applicator; wherein said control means are adapted to supply power to at least one energy applicator for selectively irradiating the body tissue energy and treating at least one of: benign and cancerous states of the body; and wherein said control means are also to regulate the level of power to be supplied to each of said at least one energy applicator during treatment based on the monitored skin temperatures adapted; means for monitoring the energy supplied to the at least one energy applicator; means for determining the total energy supplied to at least one energy applicator in real time during the treatment; and means for ending the treatment when the dose desired total energy was supplied by at least one energy applicator to body tissue, characterized by means for preconditioning the body tissue to be treated configured to selectively passing cooled air through the body site to be treated or heated air through the body site before supplying power to at least one applicator; and means for subsequently conditioning the body tissue to be treated configured to selectively passing cooled air through the body site to be treated or heated air through the body site after supplying power to at least one applicator.