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7615016 |
Method and system for treating stretch marks
Methods and systems for treating stretch marks through deep tissue tightening with ultrasound are provided. An exemplary method and system comprise a therapeutic ultrasound system configured for...
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7611462 |
Acoustic beam forming in phased arrays including large numbers of transducer elements
A focused ultrasound system includes a transducer array, a controller for providing drive signals to the transducer array, and a switch. The transducer array includes a plurality of “n”...
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7610079 |
Shock wave imaging system
A system or apparatus 2 for visually displaying and treating a treatment volume 100 located in a human or animal body 1 is disclosed wherein the treatment volume 100 is detected by a...
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7608044 |
Ultrasonic image display method and ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus
An ultrasonic image display method for displaying a composite image made from a B mode image and a tissue velocity image of an object taken by means of ultrasound. The method includes decreasing...
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7608043 |
Optical and ultrasound probe for monitoring blood volume changes
An apparatus and method to assess the compressibility, density, and hematocrit of blood including an optical ultrasound probe clipped onto tubing in which blood is flowing. The probe includes a...
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7604645 |
Ultrasound probe support and stepping device
The present invention provides an apparatus for guiding a medical instrument. The medical apparatus includes a bracket member having a cavity dimensioned and configured to receive at least a...
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7604600 |
Ultrasonic imaging device
An ultrasonic imaging device for transmitting/receiving ultrasonic pulses to/from a living body in which microbubbles for contrast are introduced and forming a contrast image of the inside of the...
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7604599 |
Systems and methods for using dynamic vascular assessment to improve vascular stent placement, application, design and marketing
The invention relates to systems and methods for assessing blood flow in single or multiple vessels and segments, for assessing vascular health, for conducting clinical trials, for screening...
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7594890 |
Multi-axial uterine artery identification, characterization, and occlusion devices
A system is provided for compressing one or both of the uterine arteries of a patient which is at least in part shaped to complement the shape of the exterior of the cervix, which allows the system...
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7591794 |
Therapy probe
A surgical coagulation instrument having a planar ultrasound transducer without a membrane, mounted in the region of an end of a câble is provided The instrument additionally has a fluid circuit....
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7587075 |
Virtual cosmetic and reconstructive surgery systems, methods, and apparatuses
A method for producing a virtual forecasted model of a breast augmentation subject, comprising, receiving a preoperative subject's scanned image, wherein the scanned image comprises a three...
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7563229 |
Method and apparatus for automatically measuring delay of tissue motion and deformation
System and method for automatically measuring the delay of tissue motion and deformation. For example, asynchrony may be measured between the left and right ventricles and within the left...
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7558616 |
Guidance of invasive medical procedures using implantable tags
Apparatus for locating a tissue within a body of a subject includes an acoustic tag configured to be fixed to the tissue and adapted, responsive to acoustic waves incident thereon, to return...
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7553284 |
Focused ultrasound for pain reduction
Methods and devices that provide ultrasonic energy used to cause one or more nerves to become dysfunctional. A nerve to be treated is placed in the focal zone of ultrasonic energy emitted by...
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7540846 |
Energy application with inflatable annular lens
Apparatus and methods for ablating tissue surrounding a tubular anatomical structure such as the wall of a blood vessel or prostatic tissue surrounding the urethra. The apparatus includes an...
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7530951 |
Method for generating a three-dimensional ultrasound image
In a method to generate a three-dimensional ultrasound image of a body region of a patient, spatially varying due to breathing motions, temporally successive B-images are generated with an...
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7530356 |
Method and system for noninvasive mastopexy
Methods and systems for noninvasive mastopexy through deep tissue tightening with ultrasound are provided. An exemplary method and system comprise a therapeutic ultrasound system configured for...
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7527593 |
Active template guide plate and system and method for utilizing same
A guide plate for inserting, into a body, instruments, such as needles, used for medical purposes, comprising a plurality of openings for receiving an instrument; for each of the openings, a sensor...
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7524288 |
Holder for a high intensity focused ultrasound probe
A holder for a conventional high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) probe to be interfaced with a stepper atop a conventional tripod, or the like, to enable a physician/surgeon to image and...
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7520856 |
Image guided high intensity focused ultrasound device for therapy in obstetrics and gynecology
A frame ensures that the alignment between a high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) transducer designed for vaginal use and a commercially available ultrasound image probe is maintained, so that...
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7517346 |
Radio frequency ablation system with integrated ultrasound imaging
A tissue ablation system comprises a first electrode assembly adapted for insertion into a target tissue mass within a body, the first electrode assembly including a first electrode coupled to a...
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7517315 |
System and method for determining the proximity between a medical probe and a tissue surface
Methods and systems for determining a proximity between a medical probe (such as, e.g., the tip of the medical probe) having an ultrasound transducer and a tissue surface, is provided. The...
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7510536 |
Ultrasound guided high intensity focused ultrasound treatment of nerves
A method for using high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) to treat neurological structures to achieve a desired therapeutic affect. Depending on the dosage of HIFU applied, it can have a...
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7509878 |
Ultrasonic cavitating apparatus and ultrasonic doppler flow measurement system
Disclosed is an ultrasonic Doppler flow measurment system that achieves flow measurement regardless of the temperature of a fluid. A temperature sensor 7 is combined with a pipe 1 to measure...
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7503895 |
Ultrasonic device for tissue ablation and sheath for use therewith
A transverse mode ultrasonic probe is provided which creates a cavitation area along its longitudinal length, increasing the working surface of the probe. Accessory sheaths are also provided for...
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7500956 |
Apparatus and method for resonant destruction of tumors
In a method for treating cancer, a series of investigatory pressure waves of respective different preselected frequencies are generated in a patient so that the pressure waves are transmitted to a...
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7497830 |
Three dimensional ultrasonic imaging using mechanical probes with beam scanning reversal
An ultrasonic probe for three dimensional scanning includes a one-dimensional array transducer which is mechanically swept back and forth. As the array transducer is swept in one direction the...
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7496398 |
Spatially correlated x-ray and ultrasound mammographic imaging systems and method
The present invention provides for x-ray imaging and ultrasound imaging of a body region of interest in a spatially correlatable manner. The resultant x-ray and ultrasound images may be...
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7494467 |
Medical system having multiple ultrasound transducers or an ultrasound transducer and an RF electrode
An ultrasound medical system includes an ultrasound transducer assembly having various combinations of ultrasound transducers having different-shaped ultrasound emitting surfaces and/or different...
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7494466 |
Ultrasonic treatment of breast cancer
A method of treatment, clinical treatment assembly, robotic manipulator and controlling arrangements for the treatment of cancers are described. The invention has particular application in the...
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7491171 |
Method and system for treating acne and sebaceous glands
A method and system for ultrasound treatment of acne and sebaceous glands are provided. An exemplary method and system are configured for targeted treatment of sebaceous glands in various manners,...
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7485101 |
Multiple shockwave focal treatment apparatus with targeting positioning and locating apparatus
The present invention relates to a torso-positioning and target-locating apparatus using medical imaging apparatus for treating a living body or tissue with shockwaves originating from at least two...
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7482606 |
Apparatus and method for compensation of movements of a target volume during ion beam irradiation
The invention relates to an apparatus and method for compensation of three-dimensional movements of a target volume ( 1 ) during ion beam irradiation. For the purpose, the apparatus comprises a...
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7473224 |
Deployable ultrasound medical transducers
An ultrasound medical system includes a tube and resiliently flexible fingers. The tube has a distal end insertable into a patient and has a lumen with a distal opening. The fingers are extendable...
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7452357 |
System and method for planning treatment of tissue
A method and system for treating tissue with a surgical device includes the steps of displaying an image created by collecting imaging data from an imaging device, selecting at least one tissue...
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7452345 |
Anti-infective endotracheal tube
A multi-lumen endotracheal tube has means for coating an inside and an outside surface of the endotracheal tube with antimicrobial and antibiofilm agents; means for releasing antimicrobial and...
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7449003 |
Bellows for coupling a source acoustic waves to a subject to be treated
A bellows for coupling a source of acoustic waves having an acoustic propagation medium, to a patient, has a geometrical modification in that region wherein the bellows can be seated against the...
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7442168 |
High efficiency medical transducer with ergonomic shape and method of manufacture
A tranducer assembly for an ultrasonic surgical instrument includes a front driver having an elongate shaft in one direction and a stud extending in an opposite direction. An electromechanical...
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7438685 |
Apparatus and method for registration, guidance and targeting of external beam radiation therapy
An improved system and method for optimizing the planning, registration, targeting, and delivery of conformal, external beam radiation therapy of prostate cancer and other soft-tissue diseases....
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7427730 |
Sound wave therapy application system
A system including a method and apparatus for applying sound wave therapy to a mammal utilizing a silicone layer at or near the skin to enhance the therapeutic affect.
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7424139 |
Virtual cosmetic and reconstructive systems, methods, and apparatuses
The virtual surgery systems, methods, and apparatuses that provide for the prediction, evaluation, and validation of various cosmetic and reconstructive surgical procedures. The virtual surgery...
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7415302 |
Method and system for leading macromolecule substances into living target cells
A method and system for leading macromolecule substances into target cells includes an image picking unit, an image merging unit, an injection unit, and an energy conversion module. The image...
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7410469 |
Apparatus and method for ultrasonically and electromagnetically treating tissue
The invention relates to apparatus and method for ultrasonically and electromagnetically treating tissue to treat, for example, traumatized tissue or a bone injury. The apparatus includes at least...
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7410464 |
Wave generating device
A wave generating device including a wave transducer adapted to generate an energy wave, and a beam shaping device defined by revolution of a curve about an axis of revolution, the curve being...
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7399284 |
Ultrasonic irradiation apparatus
An ultrasonic irradiation apparatus irradiates ultrasonic waves onto a wide area having three-dimensionally curved surfaces. An ultrasonic irradiator having a plurality of ultrasonic transducer is...
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7393325 |
Method and system for ultrasound treatment with a multi-directional transducer
A method and system for ultrasound treatment utilizing a multi-directional transducer to facilitate treatment, such as therapy and/or imaging or other tissue parameter monitoring, in two or more...
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7387613 |
Device for non-invasive ultrasound treatment of disc disease
A device for non-invasive ultrasound treatment of disc disease. This device includes a therapeutic ultrasound transducer which is provided for treatment of the disc, preferably nucleus pulposus, of...
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7377900 |
Endo-cavity focused ultrasound transducer
An apparatus for delivering acoustic energy to a target site adjacent a body passage includes first and second elongate members, each carrying one or more transducer elements on their distal ends....
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7367948 |
Acoustic monitoring method and system in laser-induced optical breakdown (LIOB)
An acoustic monitoring method and system in laser-induced optical breakdown (LIOB) provides information which characterize material which is broken down, microbubbles in the material, and/or the...
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7367944 |
Method and system for monitoring ablation of tissues
A method of monitoring heat damage to a tissue during a heat ablation procedure is disclosed. The method comprising: providing images of the tissue, extracting at least one parameter being...
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