Percutaneous transluminal microwave angioplasty catheter

Rosen, A.; Walinsky, Paul; Smith, Douglas C.; Shi, Yi; Kosman, Z.; Martinez, Alejandra; Rosen, Harel; Sterzer, F.; Mawhinney, D.; Presser, A.; Chou, J.-S.; Goth, P.; Lowery, G.

doi:10.1109/mwsym.1989.38694

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“…Microwave Hyperthermia [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] SAR or specific absorption rate The SAR is defined as the time derivative of the incremental energy dW absorbed or dissipated in an incremental mass dm contained in a volume element dV of a given density ρ:…”

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The Role of Engineering Principles in the Medical Utilization of Electromagnetic Energies from kHz to Visible Light - Examples

Rosen

Rosen²

2009

J Infrared Milli Terahz Waves

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The use of RF/microwaves in medicine has increased dramatically over the last ten years. RF and microwave therapies for the treatment of cancer in humans are well documented, and are presently used in many cancer centers. RF treatment for supra ventricular arrhythmias, and more recently for the treatment of ventricular tachycardia, are currently employed by major hospitals. RF/microwave are also used in human subjects for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). In the last few years, several otolaryngological centers have been utilizing RF to treat upper airway obstruction and to alleviate sleep apnea. Many centers also utilize RF for the treatment of gastro-esophageal disease (GERD), for pain management, and for endometrial ablation. Balloon microwave catheters for ablating solid tumors, then forming cavities in those tumors for the local delivery of therapeutic agents, are currently being investigated. New modalities are being studied, such as RF/microwave for the enhancement of drug absorption and microwave septic wound treatment, microwave imaging for the detection of breast cancer, epidemiological studies on the effects of rats' exposure to microwave, as well as tissue regeneration using electromagnetic fields. In addition, technology is presently being developed that allows for permanent implantation of microwave wireless sensors in humans. A permanently implantable intra-cranial pressure monitor is one such application of the latter technology. Many more areas of research are currently being investigated, a partial list of which is summarized here. This paper is a synopsis of a Plenary presentation given at IRMMW-THz 2008, Sept. 16, 2008 CA, USA and is representative of the conference theme, "THz for Life" which highlights cross-over applications from physics and engineering into biology and medicine. Although it is not specifically targeted at short wavelength RF it introduces therapies that may ultimately benefit from infrared and THz techniques and therefore is included in this special conference edition of JIMT (voc. ed.).

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“…2 Microwave balloon catheters [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]37] Balloon systems have been used in medicine for many years. More recently, such systems have been used to open occluded coronary and other arteries.…”

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The Role of Engineering Principles in the Medical Utilization of Electromagnetic Energies from kHz to Visible Light - Examples

Rosen

Rosen²

2009

J Infrared Milli Terahz Waves

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“…MABA devices were first reported by Rosen [25] and subsequently studied [7], [26]- [28]. A patent was granted in 1991 [10], which described a variety of antennas incorporated within and surrounding a catheter balloon.…”

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Treating cardiac disease with catheter-based tissue heating

Rappaport

2002

IEEE Microwave

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“…This time, with two more significant medical patents under his belt, and again assigned to RCA Labs, management agreed to the arrangement. The patents [27], [28], were in collaboration with Jefferson Medical School MD, Paul Walinsky, on what was to become a novel technique combining microwave heating to soften the blood vessel occlusions (amassed plaque) followed by traditional balloon angioplasty for vascular expansion. We will have more on this topic a bit later on.…”

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Microwave Pioneers: Arye Rosen, “Microwaves in Medicine Was Just my Hobby”

Siegel

2021

IEEE J. Microw.

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This is the fourth article in our continuing series of biographical pieces with a technical lean. The subject of this paper is Professor Arye Rosen, who -while employed full time at RCA Sarnoff Research Laboratory as an engineer and working on the side more-or-less as a "hobby" -pioneered the use of microwave angioplasty and ablation techniques in cardiology, and later influenced the use of microwaves in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Dr. Rosen's life story is as varied and interesting as his career path, and his contributions both to traditional microwave devices as well as microwaves in medicine will definitely inspire those of you who feel like they are pulled in more than one direction professionally. In Dr. Rosen's case, he did "have it all," but he worked very hard to make it happen and he took lots of chances …as you will hear! INDEX TERMS Microwave pioneers, Arye Rosen, microwaves in medicine, balloon catheter hyperthermia.1 This article was compiled after two wonderfully entertaining interviews with Dr. Arye Rosen -he used an iPhone no less, on March 3 rd and 5 th , 2021. Normally, the interviews would have been face-to-face, but Covid 19 restrictions forced their conversion into Zoom video conference sessions. Dr. Rosen was in his residence of many years in Cherry Hill, NJ where he could somewhat reasonably commute between Princeton, NJ (

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Percutaneous transluminal microwave angioplasty catheter

Cited by 11 publications

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The Role of Engineering Principles in the Medical Utilization of Electromagnetic Energies from kHz to Visible Light - Examples

The Role of Engineering Principles in the Medical Utilization of Electromagnetic Energies from kHz to Visible Light - Examples

Treating cardiac disease with catheter-based tissue heating

Microwave Pioneers: Arye Rosen, “Microwaves in Medicine Was Just my Hobby”

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