18904484. COMBINATION ELECTRICAL AND CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC TREATMENT OF CANCER (BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.)

COMBINATION ELECTRICAL AND CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC TREATMENT OF CANCER

Organization Name

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.

Inventor(s)

Brian L. Schmidt of White Bear Lake MN US

Benjamin Keith Stein of Shoreview MN US

Keith R. Maile of New Brighton MN US

Ron A. Balczewski of Bloomington MN US

Aleksandra Kharam of Maple Grove MN US

COMBINATION ELECTRICAL AND CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC TREATMENT OF CANCER

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18904484 titled 'COMBINATION ELECTRICAL AND CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC TREATMENT OF CANCER

Original Abstract Submitted

Embodiments herein relate to a method for treating a cancerous tumor located within a subject. The method can include applying one or more electric fields at or near a site of the cancerous tumor, where the cancerous tumor can include a cancerous cell population. The one or more applied electric fields are effective to delay mitosis and cause mitotic synchronization within a proportion of the cancerous cell population. The method can include removing the one or more electric fields to allow mitosis to proceed within the cancerous cell population. The method can include administering a chemotherapeutic agent to the subject after the one or more electric fields have been removed. Other embodiments are also included herein.