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6210425 |
Combined imaging and PDT delivery system
A system having a plurality of light sources that emit light focused to treat an internal treatment site at a location determined using an imaging device that is integrally mounted in a housing...
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6210330 |
Apparatus, system and method for real-time endovaginal sonography guidance of intra-uterine, cervical and tubal procedures
An apparatus for guidance and monitoring of intra-uterine, cervical and tubal procedures is described, The apparatus includes an assembly, including (a) an endovaginal ultrasound transducer being...
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6208883 |
Ultrasound localization and image fusion for the treatment of prostate cancer
A method and apparatus for localizing and treating a patient's prostate by radiation therapy. The system includes an ultrasound probe for generating an ultrasound image of the prostate with the...
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6206842 |
Ultrasonic operation device
A medical device for treating the hemorrhoid or airway obstructions by reducing the mass of cellular tissues, wherein an elongate tubular shaft includes at least one ultrasonic transducer means...
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6206832 |
Apparatus for guiding medical instruments during ultrasonographic imaging
A method and apparatus is disclosed, employed in combination with an ultrasonographic system, for assisting in guiding and placing at least one medical instrument into a target tissue during a...
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6203497 |
Apparatus and method for visualizing ultrasonic images
The present invention provides a system and method for visualizing internal images of an anatomical body. Internal images of the body are acquired by an ultrasound imaging transducer. The position...
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6190320 |
Method for the processing of medical ultrasound images of bony structures, and method and device for computer-assisted surgery
The image processing method according to the invention includes a step for the acquisition, by means of an ultrasound transducer, of a digitized echographic image of a structure which is...
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6186947 |
Sector scanning, intracavitary ultrasonic probe
A sector scanning, intracavitary ultrasonic probe has an ultrasonic oscillator array (20) provided at the tip (12) of a cavity insertion portion (11) for scanning a sectorial area lateral to the...
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6183426 |
Ultrasonic wave applying apparatus
An ultrasonic wave applying apparatus which is safe and convenient for use. The apparatus includes an hand-held applicator having a vibration element which is, in use, contact with a skin of a user...
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6179767 |
Focussing of therapeutic radiation on internal structures of living bodies
This invention helps achieve accurate focussing of therapeutic radiation at an internal structure (e.g. cancerous organ), which is often substantially movable within a living body. For this...
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6167759 |
Ultrasonic system for grading meat
An ultrasonic system for grading meat transmits an ultrasonic signal into the meat and detects the resulting back-scattered signal. The envelope of the back-scattered signal is determined. A...
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6167292 |
Registering method and apparatus for robotic surgery, and a registering device constituting an application thereof
The invention relates to a device for bringing into register for robotic surgery. The device having at least one insert designed to receive at least two distinct support elements, specifically a...
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6167296 |
Method for volumetric image navigation
A surgical navigation system has a computer with a memory and display connected to a surgical instrument or pointer and position tracking system, so that the location and orientation of the pointer...
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6149596 |
Ultrasonic catheter apparatus and method
The ultrasonic cardiac catheter apparatus comprises a catheter member, an ultrasound generator source and means containing liquid chemicals that will aid in carrying the high frequency sound waves,...
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6142941 |
Device for carrying out a transoesophageal echocardiography and a cardioversion
The invention concerns a device for carrying out a transespohageal echocardiography and a cardioversion and includes a single endoscope (1) provided at its distal end with an ultrasonic sensor (3)...
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6126600 |
Ultrasound image assisted administering of medication
An apparatus and method for injecting a drug into a precisely selected location in a patient's body which is a combination scanner and drug injector. The scanner is a planar array of ultrasonic...
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6123679 |
Method for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy by applying an acoustic shock wave followed by a limited oscillating acoustic pressure wave train
A method for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy comprises the steps of applying to a concretion to be disintegrated an acoustic shock wave and applying to the concretion to be disintegrated in...
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6118848 |
System to stabilize an irradiated internal target
A stabilizing system, which is especially useful in radiation therapy, has markers located in a body in a set of positions relative to external coordinates, the set of positions having a calibrated...
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6110112 |
Medical guide apparatus for breath-coordinated puncturing of the body or a body cavity
A medical guide apparatus for breath-coordinated puncturing has a puncturing instrument that is connected with an ultrasound applicator. The puncturing instrument and the ultrasound applicator are...
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6106464 |
Apparatus and method for bone surface-based registration of physical space with tomographic images and for guiding an instrument relative to anatomical sites in the image
An A-mode ultrasound transducer is tracked in three-dimensions by an optical position tracking system as the transducer is scanned over the skin to generate measurements of bone surface distance...
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6095975 |
Apparatus and method for determining optimal locations to place radioactive seeds at a cancerous site
An apparatus and method for determining optimal locations for placing radioactive seeds at a cancerous site. After a plurality of cross-sectional images of the cancerous site are obtained, a...
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6093148 |
Ultrasonic wave diagnosis apparatus
When an affected region is greater than a focal point of a therapy ultrasonic wave, a therapy region is set in a way to include the affected region. The focal point of the therapy ultrasonic wave...
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6086534 |
Apparatus and method of myocardial revascularization using ultrasonic pulse-echo distance ranging
An apparatus and method of intraoperative myocardial revascularization of the myocardium of the heart of a patient. A catheter apparatus comprising an elongated catheter, an elongated laser wave...
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6086535 |
Ultrasound therapeutic apparataus
An ultrasonic therapeutic apparatus consisting of a therapeutic ultrasonic wave generating source driven by a driver circuit to generate therapeutic ultrasonic waves, an in vivo imaging probe so as...
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6083166 |
Method and apparatus for determining a measure of tissue manipulation
A surgical device is comprised of a probe adapted for insertion into a patient. The probe has a means for manipulating tissue within a zone of manipulation. The probe also has a first receiver...
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6083159 |
Methods and devices for providing acoustic hemostasis
Methods and apparatus for the remote coagulation of blood using high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) are provided. A remote hemostasis method comprises identifying a site of internal bleeding...
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6080109 |
Modular imaging/treatment catheter assembly
Catheter assembly in which an imaging transducer is positioned proximally of a treatment device at the distal end of a catheter. Unrestricted flow between a fluid lumen in the catheter and the...
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6077225 |
Ultrasound method for enhancing image presentation when contrast agents are used
Improved ultrasound images of a patient's tissue region of interest (ROI) are achieved through the use of a contrast agent. The method includes the steps of: administering the contrast agent to the...
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6074352 |
Method for the treatment of joint diseases characterized by unwanted pannus
The present invention describes methods for the treatment of joint diseases characterized by unwanted pannus, e.g., arthritis. The method involves the introduction of ultrasound energy into the...
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6071238 |
Therapy probe
An ultrasound therapy probe is provided comprising a therapy transducer movably mounted on a probe body, an at least partially deformable flexible casing around the therapy transducer, and a guard...
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6071239 |
Method and apparatus for lipolytic therapy using ultrasound energy
Fat cells in a living patient are noninvasively destroyed without separating the skin from the body by applying to the fat layer high intensity focused ultrasound simultaneously in a multiplicity...
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6063031 |
Diagnosis and treatment of tissue with instruments
A device is provided for diagnosis and treatment of tissue with instruments, specifically locating a tissue structure and positioning an instrument relative to that tissue structure. The device...
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6059726 |
Method for locating the atrio-ventricular (AV) junction of the heart and injecting active substances therein
A method for locating the AV junction in the heart and injecting pharmacological or biological compounds into the AV junction for purposes of enhancing or retarding electrical conduction within the...
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6053868 |
Apparatus for a cardiological therapy
The apparatus for a cardiological therapy, in particular an ablation apparatus, comprises an ultrasonic transducer and an applicator which is arranged at the transducer and provided for an...
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6039689 |
Stripe electrode transducer for use with therapeutic ultrasonic radiation treatment
A spherical cap transducer is provided with at least one electrode formed as segments. The segments are selectively driven to provide asymmetrical ovoid effective radiation patterns for treatment...
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6036661 |
Apparatus for administering acoustic shock waves
An apparatus for administering ultrasonic shockwaves for medical use includes treatment head for focussing acoustic shockwaves at concretions in human bodies. Clinical treatment often requires two...
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6032067 |
Radiation delivery system
A system for delivering radiation to an intracorporeal target site has a controllable external radiation source 8 and a cooperable location system for controlling the radiation source to deliver...
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6027446 |
Pubic arch detection and interference assessment in transrectal ultrasound guided prostate cancer therapy
Transrectal ultrasound is used for accurate planning and targeting of placement of radioactive seeds by needles into the prostate in transperineal prostate brachytherapy. The pubic arch formed by...
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6022317 |
Equipment for the treatment of capsular contractures in mammal breast implants and its process of application
The invention refers to an equipment (10) for the generation of ultrasonic waves with regulation of the frequency and power range with two possibilites of working, i.e. in continuous or pulsating...
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6019724 |
Method for ultrasound guidance during clinical procedures
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6004269 |
Catheters for imaging, sensing electrical potentials, and ablating tissue
An acoustic imaging system for use within a heart has a catheter (6), an ultrasound device (10) incorporated into the catheter (6), and an electrode (300, 304, 334, 394) mounted on the catheter...
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5997883 |
Retrospective ordering of segmented MRI cardiac data using cardiac phase
A method is disclosed to reconstruct multiphase MR images that accurately depict the entire cardiac cycle. A segmented, gradient-recalled-echo sequence is modified to acquire data continuously....
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5993389 |
Devices for providing acoustic hemostasis
Methods and apparatus for the remote coagulation of blood using high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) are provided. A remote hemostasis method comprises identifying a site of internal bleeding...
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5967984 |
Ultrasound imaging catheter with a cutting element
The invention features a catheter having a catheter body of extended length for insertion within a body of a living being. The catheter also includes an ultrasound imaging device disposed within a...
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5961459 |
Use of hollow microcapsules in diagnosis and therapy
A diagnostic method analyses the effect of intervention, e.g. by surgery, especially in the myocardium. (i) Hollow microcapsules are administered into a blood vessel of a patient having a perfusion...
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5947901 |
Method for hemodynamic stimulation and monitoring
The present invention is directed toward a method for stimulating and/or monitoring hemodynamic activity, such as blood flow, in a penis. The method of the present invention comprises the coupling...
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5944663 |
Apparatus for treatment with acoustic waves
In an apparatus for treatment of a subject with acoustic waves, a spatial allocation, required for the treatment of the patient and a source of acoustic waves relative to each other is effected by...
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5938608 |
Therapy apparatus for carrying out treatment with focused ultrasound
The invention is directed to a therapy apparatus for treatment with focussed ultrasound, comprising a cooled ultrasound source (1) implemented as phased array and a preceding acoustic lens (6). The...
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5938609 |
Guidewire with imaging capability
A guidewire imaging catheter includes a catheter body, housing secured to the distal end of the catheter body, a drive cable extending through a central lumen of the catheter body, and an imaging...
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5935069 |
Ultrasound system and method for variable transmission of ultrasonic signals
An ultrasound system and method for variable transmission of ultrasonic signals are presented. With this method and system, ultrasonic beams can be transmitted into a region in response to a...
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