Method for aiming ultrasound for medical treatment
CA 2448957 A1 · Owner: Makin, Inder Raj S. · Inventors: Makin, Inder Raj S.; Dunki-Jacobs, Robert J.; Mast, T. Douglas
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A method for ultrasound medical treatment of a patient. An end effector is obtained having an ultrasound medical-treatment transducer assembly (20). The assembly is aimed to focus ultrasound energy at a desired focal zone of patient tissue. The assembly is activated to emit ultrasound energy sufficient to achieve a temperature increase in the patient tissue essentially without medically affecting the patient tissue. An actual focal zone of patient tissue having a temperature increase is detected from reflected ultrasound energy. Any error between the desired focal zone and the actual focal zone is corrected for. The patient tissue is medically treated with ultrasound using the …
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- Filed May 28, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 28, 2022.
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