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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120029353 | Systems and methods for ultrasound treatment Various embodiments provide a method for an extended field of view treatment. The method can include the steps of imaging a region; targeting a region with directed ultrasound energy; monitoring the region; moving the imaging, treatment, and monitoring region while spat... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120029396 | MOTION COMPENSATION FOR NON-INVASIVE TREATMENT THERAPIES Treatment of moving tissue may be facilitated by identifying voxels within a volume of the tissue, associating treatment-related attributes with the voxels, and shifting positions of the voxels based on the tissue movement. One or more treatment parameters may then be a... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120029393 | COMPACT ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER ASSEMBLY AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME A compact ultrasound transducer assembly is provided. The ultrasound transducer assembly comprises a compact housing, a therapy transducer disposed in the compact housing, and an interchangeable Fresnel lens having a flat surface and a structured surface. The Fresnel le... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120029395 | ULTRASOUND OPERATION SYSTEM AND SURGICAL TREATMENT INSTRUMENT An ultrasound operation system includes an output transformer, a hand piece including an object to be driven including an ultrasound transducer which is driven by the output transformer and a treatment portion which is connected to the ultrasound transducer to perform t... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120029397 | TUMOR TREATMENT USING ULTRASOUND CAVITATION Growth in body tissue is slowed, arrested or reversed. In one aspect, this is accomplished by providing bubbles (S315), and delivering, to cause temporary change in physiology that at least one of retards, arrests and reverses said growth, a series of one or more... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120029394 | Ultrasound Assisted Laser Skin and Tissue Treatment The present invention relates to an ultrasound assisted medical laser for the therapeutic and cosmetic treatment of a patient's skin and underlying adipose tissue and more particularly, to apparatuses and methods using combinations of ultrasound, lasers and cryogenic en... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120022409 | ENERGETIC MODULATION OF NERVES A system for applying focused ultrasound energy to a nerve surrounding an artery of a patient includes a piezoelectric array comprising a plurality of piezoelectric elements, a controller configured to control at least a subset of the piezoelectric elements so that at l... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120016272 | 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, an ultrasound transmission member extending longitudinally through the c... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120016271 | METHOD AND GEL COMPOSITION TO PREVENT REFLECTION OF HIFU AT TISSUE-AIR INTERFACE In order to reduce reflection and heating of a high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) beam following a region of interest in tissue to which an HIFU beam was administered, at least two layers of aquasonic gel are applied at a tissue/air interface following the region ... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120010537 | IMPROVED ULTRASONIC SURGICAL TOOL The shaped output is for use with an ultrasonic surgical tool vibratable in torsional mode. The output has a generally cylindrical first waveguide (1) with, at a distal end a second waveguide extension member (3) of reduced diameter. The second waveguide (... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120010539 | OPERATION DEVICE AND SURGICAL APPARATUS An operation device configured to control driving of an apparatus, includes a switch contact point which is provided in a fixed handle, and a switch operation portion which includes a pressure-receiving portion configured to operate the switch contact point between an o... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120010540 | SURGICAL APPARATUS A surgical apparatus includes an output mode switching section configured to selectively switch an output mode of a power supply main body, that can output the energy to a probe and a jaw, in accordance with a moving state of a movable member. The output mode switching ... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120010538 | PRE-COLLAPSED CMUT WITH MECHANICAL COLLAPSE RETENTION A CMUT transducer cell suitable for use in an ultrasonic CMUT transducer array has a membrane with a first electrode, a substrate with a second electrode, and a cavity between the membrane and the substrate. The CMUT is operated in a precollapsed state by biasing the me... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120010542 | ULTRASONIC FAT REDUCTION AND BODY SHAPING MACHINE The invention discloses an ultrasonic fat reduction and body shaping machine that includes a treatment head (1), a wave source carrying apparatus (15), a mechanical arm (2), a treatment bed, a lift cylinder body, a touch screen (6) and contro... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120010541 | Pulsed Cavitational Ultrasound Therapy Therapy methods using pulsed cavitational ultrasound therapy can include the subprocesses of initiation, maintenance, therapy, and feedback of the histotripsy process, which involves the creation and maintenance of ensembles of microbubbles and the use of feedback in or... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120004548 | NON-THERMAL ACOUSTIC TISSUE MODIFICATION A methodology and system for modifying tissue including directing the acoustic beam for a predetermined time duration at a multiplicity of target volumes, which target volumes contain tissue, thereby to modify the tissue in the target volumes while the acoustic beam has... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120004580 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STIMULATION OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUE An apparatus for generating focused currents in biological tissue is provided. The apparatus comprises an electric source capable of generating an electric field across a region of tissue and means for altering the permittivity of the tissue relative to the electric fie... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110319765 | ENERGETIC MODULATION OF NERVES A system for applying focused ultrasound energy to a nerve surrounding an artery of a patient includes a piezoelectric array comprising a plurality of piezoelectric elements, a controller configured to control at least a subset of the piezoelectric elements so that at l... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110319793 | THERMAL THERAPY APPARATUS AND METHOD USING FOCUSED ULTRASONIC SOUND FIELDS Apparatus and method for delivering increased amounts of energy to localized treatment zones in a target tissue volume are provided. In some instances the non-linear wave propagation and other properties of the treatment apparatus and propagation medium as well as novel... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110313328 | Methods and apparatus for dissolving blockages in intracranial catheters Methods for removing blockages from intracranial drainage catheters caused by cerebrospinal fluid or blood clots using ultrasound energy are provided. These blockages may be caused by cerebrospinal fluid or blood clots located inside or outside of the drainage catheter.... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110306904 | ABLATION DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS THEREOF The present invention relates generally to devices for performing targeted tissue ablation in a subject. In particular, the present invention provides devices configured to deliver energy to a targeted tissue region without causing damage to untargeted tissue.... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110301508 | TRANSURETHRAL ULTRASOUND PROBE FOR TREATMENT OF PROSTATE A probe (40) includes a shaft (52) on which an ultrasound element (42) is mounted. An outer sheath (64) and an acoustic membrane (66) surround the shaft and the ultrasound element such that the shaft and ultrasound element are rotatabl... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110301506 | ULTRASOUND PULSE SHAPING In one embodiment of the present invention, an ultrasound catheter system comprising a catheter having at least one ultrasonic element; and a control system configured to generate power parameters to drive the ultrasonic element to generate ultrasonic energy is provided... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110301507 | METHOD OF TREATING AN OCULAR PATHOLOGY BY APPLYING ULTRASOUND TO THE TRABECULAR MESHWORK AND DEVICE THEREOF A phacoemulsificator for the removal of lens tissue, said phacoemulsificator comprising:
| 12/08/2011 |
| 20110295160 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING PRESSURE WAVE THERAPY A processor-controlled, energy-based therapy apparatus includes a device configured to provide therapeutic energy to a patient and a processor that controls the output of the device. The output of the device is based on output profiles programmed into the processor. The... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110288450 | Time-Reversed Mirroring Electro-Magnetic Acoustic Treatment System A time-reversal mirroring electromagnetic acoustic treatment system is disclosed where electro-magnetic signals are directed to a region of interest in or on a patient. The EM signals induce an internally sourced acoustic signal due to variations in conductivity of the ... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110288451 | MEDICAL APPARATUS AND SURGICAL TREATMENT INSTRUMENT A medical apparatus has a first device, a second device, a cable, a connection signal output portion and a main body apparatus. The first device includes a grasping portion, a probe connected to the grasping portion and capable of transmitting at least one of an ultraso... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110288449 | Method of lysing a thrombus A thrombolytic method of dissipating a thrombus by an application of ultrasound of a frequency in a diagnostic range in combination with a microbubble contrast agent.... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110288452 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS A surgical device. The surgical device may comprise a transducer configured to provide vibrations along a longitudinal axis and an end effector coupled to the transducer and extending from the transducer along the longitudinal axis. The surgical device also may comprise... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110279268 | MEDICAL APPARATUS An ultrasound output apparatus includes: a priority level judgment section for judging a priority level for preferentially notifying a user of a plurality of abnormalities that occur in the plurality of handpieces; a display control section for causing a display section... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110282249 | REFLECTANCE-FACILITATED ULTRASOUND TREATMENT Apparatus is provided that includes an ultrasound ablation system, which includes a reflection-facilitation element, configured to be placed at an extramyocardial site of a subject, and to provide an extramyocardial reflective region. The system further includes an ultr... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110282164 | SENSING DEVICE A sensing device comprises a substrate material layer and a plurality of sensors provided on the substrate material layer. The plurality of sensors is electrically connected to form a loop. The loop has two output ends. There is a loop output value between the two outpu... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110282250 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR TREATING ATRIAL FIBRILLATION Described here are systems and methods for affecting tissue within a body to form a lesion. Some systems comprise tissue-affecting devices, devices that guide the advancement of the tissue-affecting elements to a target tissue region, devices that locate and secure tiss... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110282251 | Methods and Systems for Delivery of Acoustic Energy to Tissue Surfaces, Cavities and Obstructed Passages such as Intranasal Ostia Methods and systems for delivering fluids, aerosols, and/or acoustic energy to target sites on tissue surfaces and within body cavities or lumens, obstructions or undesired materials associated with body cavities and tissue surfaces and, particularly, target sites on ti... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110275927 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STIMULATING AND MONITORING BIOLOGICAL TISSUE The invention generally relates to apparatuses and methods for stimulating and monitoring biological tissue. In certain aspects, the invention provides a system for stimulating and monitoring tissue, the system including a first energy source, a second energy source, an... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110275962 | ACOUSTICAL SWITCH AND CATHETER COMPRISING ACOUSTICAL SWITCH The invention relates to an acoustical switch wherein the idea to the ultrasound propagation direction may be changes without moving the switch. The switch device comprises two sheets of acoustically transparent material. The sheets constitute opposite walls of a housin... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110275963 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STIMULATING TISSUE USING FOCUSED ENERGY The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for stimulating tissue using focused energy. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a system for stimulating tissue that includes a first energy source, a second energy source, and a focusing element... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110270137 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TREATING SKIN TISSUE A device for treating a skin tissue is disclosed. The device comprises a device body having an anterior compartment and being formed with at least one suction port, and an ultrasound unit configured for generating an ultrasound wave into the anterior compartment. When a... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110270136 | EFFICIENT ULTRASOUND FOCUSING Ultrasound focusing may be improved by combining knowledge of the target tissue and/or focusing arrangement with focus measurements.... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110269693 | Apparatus for treatment of dermatological conditions This invention relates to ultrasound delivery apparatus comprising flexible arrays of transducers and to methods and topical compositions for the treatment of skin, in particular for the treatment of cosmetic skin conditions and to improve the appearance of sun damaged ... | 11/03/2011 |
