Configurable Power Inverter for Magnetic Hyperthermia for Cancer Treatment Purpose

This paper shows an example of collaboration of people of different areas working together and achieving a promising result. In this case, a power electronics circuit allows the generation of high frequency magnetic field that can be used to increase the temperature of cancer cells previously invaded with magnetic nanoparticles. Although the research is one of the early stages, the results show that this technique could be a real option in the future. The circuit designed for this purpose is a high frequency phase-shift inverter implemented with SiC devices and natural ZVS. A big part of the design effort has been focused in the optimization of the power inductor that contains the sample with the nanoparticles.