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7621873 |
Method and system to synchronize acoustic therapy with ultrasound imaging
Interference in ultrasound imaging when used in connection with high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is avoided by employing a synchronization signal to control the HIFU signal. Unless the...
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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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7615015 |
Focused ultrasound ablation devices having selectively actuatable emitting elements and methods of using the same
A focused ultrasound ablation device and method includes an ultrasound emitting member having a plurality of individual ultrasound emitting elements arranged in an array. The ultrasound emitting...
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7601128 |
Apparatus for treating subcutaneous tissues
An assembly for treating subcutaneous tissues using acoustic waves in the range of low acoustic pressure ultrasound waves is disclosed. The assembly comprises an acoustic wave generator and...
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7559905 |
HIFU probe for treating tissue with in-line degassing of fluid
A HIFU system is disclosed including a fluid circulation system including a degasser.
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7540870 |
Ablative ultrasonic-cryogenic apparatus
An ablative apparatus that can be used to treat atrial fibrillation and other cardiac arrhythmias by ablating cardiac tissue is disclosed. When the distal end of the apparatus reaches the tissue to...
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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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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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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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7470241 |
Controlled high efficiency lesion formation using high intensity ultrasound
An ultrasound system used for both imaging and delivery high intensity ultrasound energy therapy to treatment sites and a method for treating tumors and other undesired tissue within a patient's...
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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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7413552 |
Method for subaqueous ultrasonic catastrophic irradiation of living tissue
A fish killing and fish tissue sanitizing apparatus includes a tank, a water feed pipe extending to the tank, and an electromechanical transducer in pressure-wave transmitting relationship to the...
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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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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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7377905 |
Method and device for subaqueous ultrasonic irradiation of living tissue
Applicable to humans, animals and fish, a method for injecting thoroughly diffused ambient air or disinfectant into water prior to its delivery into a therapy tank plus an underwater PZT probe...
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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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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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7361172 |
Ultrasonic device and method for tissue coagulation
An ultrasonic surgical device for the coagulation of animal tissue having an ultrasonic applicator and a movable jaw with a jaw surface adjacent the distal portion of the ultrasonic applicator for...
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7344509 |
Shear mode therapeutic ultrasound
A method of delivering ultrasound signals using shear waves includes applying a portion of at least a first ultrasound beam to a subject at at least a first incident angle relative to the surface...
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7335169 |
Systems and methods for delivering ultrasound energy at an output power level that remains essentially constant despite variations in transducer impedance
Systems and methods deliver ultrasound energy to an ultrasound transducer having an impedance subject to variations. The systems and methods electrically couple an ultrasound generator to the...
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7326201 |
Thermal treatment methods and apparatus with focused energy application
A collapsible ultrasonic reflector incorporates a gas-filled reflector balloon, a liquid-filled structural balloon an ultrasonic transducer disposed within the structural balloon. Acoustic energy...
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7311679 |
Disposable transducer seal
A transducer seal designed to seal an open aperture of a transducer housing for a therapeutic ultrasound procedure. The seal has a membrane, a retainer and a mating device for locking in place with...
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7267654 |
Focused shock-wave devices with direct wave cavitation suppressor
A reflector ( 14 ) reflects energy emitting from an energy source ( 16 ) and focuses and directs it to a target. An aperture stop or suppressor disk ( 18 ) is positioned between the energy source (...
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7239992 |
Apparatus for simulating the deformation of materials, notably of soft body tissues
The invention relates to the simulation of the deformation of materials, notably of soft body tissues. An apparatus comprises a memory (MEM, NT) storing data as to the position of an object,...
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7229411 |
Imaging, therapy, and temperature monitoring ultrasonic system
An ultrasonic system useful for providing imaging, therapy and temperature monitoring generally comprises an acoustic transducer assembly configured to enable the ultrasound system to perform the...
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7220233 |
Ultrasound catheter devices and methods
Ultrasound catheter devices and methods provide enhanced disruption of blood vessel obstructions. Generally, ultrasound catheters include an elongate flexible catheter body with one or more lumens,...
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7175596 |
System and method for sensing and locating disturbances in an energy path of a focused ultrasound system
A method for sensing a disturbance in a transmission path of a converging ultrasound energy beam transmitted by a transducer in a focussed ultrasound system comprises transmitting a burst of...
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7166075 |
Elastographic imaging of in vivo soft tissue
Elastographic images provide visualization in two or three dimensions of RF ablation lesions to guide in the ablation process. Compression may be applied using the RF probe. A similar technique may...
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7164940 |
Therapeutic system
A therapeutic system comprising a therapeutic applicator for treating living tissues and an observation unit for determining the position of the applicator. The therapeutic energy applied from the...
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7160259 |
Fluid manipulating system for therapy apparatus
The invention concerns a fluid manipulating system, comprising a reservoir of fluid ( 7 ), a bubble trap ( 9 ) connected to the reservoir, a heat-exchanger ( 11 ) and an appliance ( 21 ) forming...
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7142905 |
Visual imaging system for ultrasonic probe
A non-invasive visual imaging system is provided, wherein the imaging system procures an image of a transducer position during diagnostic or therapeutic treatment. In addition, the system suitably...
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7128720 |
Ultrasonic finger probe
An ultrasonic finger probe including: a body having an ultrasonic transducer disposed therein, the ultrasonic transducer being operatively connected to an ultrasonic generator; and a securing...
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7128711 |
Positioning systems and methods for guided ultrasound therapy systems
Systems and methods are provided for positioning a therapy device, such as an ultrasound transducer, using a tilt sensor carried by the transducer and a positioner coupled to the transducer. The...
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7118540 |
Method for use in orthodontics for accelerating tooth movement when treating patients for malocclusion
A method for accelerating orthodontic treatment of malocclusion by noninvasively altering a condition of bone in a patient's jaw so that teeth held in generally fixed positions in the bone are able...
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7108663 |
Method and apparatus for cartilage growth stimulation
The invention relates to apparatus and method for ultrasonically stimulating cartilage growth. The apparatus includes at least one ergonomically constructed ultrasonic transducer configured to...
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7066895 |
Ultrasonic radial focused transducer for pulmonary vein ablation
A method for ablating tissue with ultrasonic energy is provided. The method including: generating ultrasonic energy from one or more ultrasonic transducers; and focusing the ultrasonic energy in...
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7027853 |
Data acquisition method and apparatus for MR imaging
An improved technique is described for acquiring MR image data such as needed for FSE-based Dixon imaging techniques. A gradient-induced echo shift is produced in the pulse sequences by a small...
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7025735 |
Ultrasonic apparatus for the treatment of septic wounds
An ultrasonic apparatus comprising a hand piece ( 1 ) within a handle region ( 2 ), a connection tube ( 3 ) for connecting to a supply tube, wherein rock salt solution and medical healing agents...
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7004940 |
Devices for performing thermal ablation having movable ultrasound transducers
A device for thermal ablation therapy having a handle sized and shaped to be held by a user, one or more transducer assembly which, when activated, emits ultrasound energy capable of heating tissue...
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7001336 |
Method for treating ischemia
A method and apparatus for improving blood flow to an ischemic region (e.g., myocardial ischemia) a patient is provided. An ultrasonic transducer is positioned proximate to the ischemic region....
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6979293 |
Blood flow reestablishment determination
A method for monitoring a clot dissolution treatment in a patient's vasculature comprises positioning a catheter at a treatment site in the patient's vasculature. The method further comprises...
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6971994 |
Method and apparatus for focussing ultrasonic energy
An apparatus for treatment of subcutaneous tissue including ultrasonic, e.g. piezoelectric, generators to generate ultrasonic vibrations. Each generator has a lens to focus the ultrasonic vibration...
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6971391 |
Protective assembly
An assembly for protecting biological tissue from the effects of heating. The assembly contains a conductor in contact with the biological tissue and forming an electrical circuit comprising the...
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6929608 |
Apparatus for deposition of ultrasound energy in body tissue
An apparatus for providing ultrasonic energy for deposition in body tissue including an array of elements having at least two different sizes and at least one element being aperiodically spaced...
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6926669 |
Heart wall ablation/mapping catheter and method
Steerable electrophysiology catheters for use in mapping and/or ablation of accessory pathways in myocardial tissue of the heart wall and methods of use thereof are disclosed. The catheter...
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6918876 |
Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus for obtaining an ultrasound image of a subject into which an ultrasound contrast agent mainly composed of microbubbles is injected, comprising a probe configured...
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6916296 |
System for antiseptic surgery
A method is furnished for a treatment of septic wounds. A hand piece of a sonotrode is connected to a liquid storage. Access to a wound is furnished to the sonotrode. A liquid atomized by...
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6913581 |
High output therapeutic ultrasound transducer
A therapeutic ultrasound delivery system, comprises: a catheter body, a plurality of axially spaced-apart hollow cylindrical vibrational transducers disposed along a length of the catheter body, a...
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6907282 |
Intensity map resampling for multi-leaf collimator compatibility
A method for converting a source intensity map into a target intensity map having a geometry compatible with a desired multi-leaf collimator configuration. The source intensity map and the target...
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