Multi point treatment probes and methods of using thereof

1. A system of intrabody treatment, comprising:

a multi point probe transported by a catheter to a lumen of a body of a treated patient, the multi point probe having at least two transmission points; and

a processor configured to:

select a transmission pattern including for each of the at least two transmission points, a respective signal of a plurality of radio frequency transmission signals, said transmission pattern forms at least one interaction between the respective signals from the at least two transmission points, the at least one interaction defines at least one hot spot at the treatment location; and

control delivery of the respective signals from the transmission points;

wherein the processor determines a timing for each of said respective signals.

2. A system of intrabody treatment, comprising:

a multi point probe transported by a catheter to a lumen of a body of a treated patient, the multi point probe having at least two transmission points; and

a processor configured to:

select a transmission pattern including for each of the at least two transmission points, a respective signal of a plurality of radio frequency transmission signals, said transmission pattern forms at least one interaction between the respective signals from the at least two transmission points, the at least one interaction defines at least one hot spot at the treatment location; and

control delivery of the respective signals from the transmission points, wherein the processor selects said respective signals to interact concurrently.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the multi point probe has a supporting structure having a compressed state to allow placing the multi point probe in a lumen of the catheter and a deployed stated that place the at least two transmission points away from one another and from a longitudinal axis of the lumen.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein said multi point probe includes one or more receiving points supported by said supporting structure intercepting an energy from said treatment location.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein at least one of said one or more receiving points is also one of said at least two transmission points.

6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

an energy source controlled by said processor; said energy source supplying said respective signals to said transmission points.

7. A method of intrabody treating a treatment location in a body of a treated patient, comprising:

deploying at least two transmission points of a multi point probe to a proximity with the treatment location in the body;

selecting a transmission pattern that defines, for each of the at least two transmission points, a respective signal of a plurality of radio frequency transmission signals, the transmission pattern forms at least one interaction between said respective signals; wherein the at least one interaction is selected to form at least one hot spot at the treatment location; and

delivering the respective signals from the at least two transmission points,

wherein the selecting a transmission pattern comprises defining at least one of a phase, frequency and input power of each said respective signal.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein said delivering of at least two of said respective signals is concurrent.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein said selecting further includes selecting a timing for said delivering and said delivering of said respective signals is at different times.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein said different times are chosen to increase interaction for a target selected from the group consisting of a particular chemical, a particular tissue and a particular location.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the delivering of each of at least two of said interacting respective signals is from a different respective points of said at least two transmission points.

12. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one interaction is selected from the group consisting of constructive interference, spatial interaction, temporal interaction, signal correlation, resonance and destructive interference that defines the at least one hot spot.

13. A method of intrabody treating a treatment location in a body of a treated patient, comprising:

deploying at least two transmission points of a multi point probe to a proximity with the treatment location in the body;

selecting a transmission pattern that defines, for each of the at least two transmission points, a respective signal of a plurality of radio frequency transmission signals, the transmission pattern forms at least one interaction between said respective signals; wherein the at least one interaction is selected to form at least one hot spot at the treatment location; and

delivering the respective signals from the at least two transmission points, wherein the multi point probe includes a plurality of receiving points for intercepting energy delivered from the at least two transmission points via the treatment location and the method further comprising:

measuring said intercepted energy.

14. The method of claim 13 , further including:

creating a map of a dielectric property in at least a part of said treatment location according to an analysis of said intercepted energy.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the transmission pattern is selected according to a result of said measuring.

16. The method according to claim 13 , further comprising:

measuring a complex impedance that includes real and imaginary parts at least one of said transmission points and wherein the selecting is performed according to both the real and imaginary parts.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the selecting is performed according to a combination of the map of the dielectric property in the at least a part of said treatment location and an anatomical map mapping of at least part of the treatment location.

18. A method of intrabody treating a treatment location in a body of a treated patient, comprising:

deploying at least two transmission points of a multi point probe to a proximity with the treatment location in the body;

selecting a transmission pattern that defines, for each of the at least two transmission points, a respective signal of a plurality of radio frequency transmission signals, the transmission pattern forms at least one interaction between said respective signals; wherein the at least one interaction is selected to form at least one hot spot at the treatment location; and

delivering the respective signals from the at least two transmission points, wherein the delivering comprises detecting changes in a dielectric property of the treatment location or of data received by a receiving point and an adjustment of said delivering according to the detecting.

19. The method of claim 7 , wherein the delivering comprises transmitting three different said respective signals from three different transmission points.

20. The method of claim 7 , wherein said delivering is simultaneous.

21. The method of claim 7 , wherein at least one of the at least two transmission signals includes a microwave band signal.

22. The method of claim 7 , further including:

directing said delivering with an artificial dielectric located inside said patient.

23. A method of intrabody imaging in a body of a treated patient, comprising:

inserting a probe into the body, the probe including at least two transmission points;

delivering a radio frequency transmission signal from the at least two transmission points into the treatment location;

intercepting by at least one receiving point a feedback from at least one of said respective signals via the treatment location; and

reconstructing at least one dielectric property of a tissue in a treatment location and of at least one additional tissue in said treatment location based on the intercepted feedback.

24. The method of claim 23 , wherein reconstructing comprises identifying fat areas.

25. The method of claim 23 , wherein reconstructing comprises identifying a movement of the probe.

26. The method of claim 23 , wherein the delivering comprises transmitting in sequence from at least three different transmission points of said probe.

27. The method of claim 23 , further including:

directing said delivering with an artificial dielectrics located inside the patient.

28. The method of claim 23 , wherein each said transmission point is separately connected to an EM energy source for separately receiving one of the plurality of transmission signals.