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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6790187 | Systems and methods for applying ultrasonic energy Systems and methods for applying ultrasound energy to a body region. The systems and methods provide an ultrasound applicator including a housing, an ultrasound transducer carried by the housing, and a chamber sized to hold an acoustic coupling media subject to a pr... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6788977 | System and method for heating the prostate gland to treat and prevent the growth and spread of prostate tumor Improvements in safety and efficacy for externally focused adaptive phased array microwave thermotherapy (hyperthermia) for treatment of cancer and benign conditions of an organ or an appendage are described. In order to reduce blood flow thereby accumulating additi... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6780161 | Apparatus for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter using at least two shock wave pulses The present invention relates to an apparatus for treating a living body or tissue with shock waves originating from at least two sources to a focal area on or within said living body or tissue. The apparatus is particularly for treating an illness or fragmenting st... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6778848 | Device for the ultrasonic therapy of a female breast with parallel sound direction A device provides ultrasonic therapy to a female breast. To this end, the breast is introduced into a container which, for a good acoustic coupling, is filled with at least one liquid. An ultrasonic transducer emits sound into the breast in a region which, in the po... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6773409 | Surgical system for applying ultrasonic energy to tissue A surgical system for controlled application of ultrasound energy to engaged tissue volumes for creating effective biological welds or seals in tissue. The invention provides an ultrasound transmission assembly including piezoelectric elements coupled to an elongate... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6773408 | MRI-guided therapeutic unit and methods A high intensity focused ultrasound applicator includes a frame, ultrasonic emitters mounted on the frame and a bag containing a substantially air-free fluid permanently connected to the frame. The frame, the bag, the fluid within the bag and the emitters constitute... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6770031 | Ultrasound therapy A method of delivering ultrasound signals includes providing an image of at least a portion of a subject intended to receive ultrasound signals between sources of the ultrasound signals and a desired region of the subject for receiving focused ultrasound signals, id... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6764488 | Devices and methods for occlusion of the uterine arteries Devices and methods are disclosed for treating a uterine disorder which receive its blood supply from a uterine artery. In particular, uterine fibroids are effectively treated by occluding the uterine arteries using trans-vaginal, trans-uterine, transrectal, or retr... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6761698 | Ultrasonic operation system An ultrasonic operation system includes: a transmission cable that is connected detachably, through a connector, to a connector receptacle in a main apparatus unit; plural types of transducers provided with a connector receptacle each capable of detachably connectin... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6755796 | Pressure-pulse therapy apparatus A pressure-pulse therapy apparatus, including a dome-shaped reflector, at least one ring section, a central x-axis, an open end, a flexible diaphragm capping the open end, a fluid medium within the reflector and diaphragm, a pressure-pulse source immersed in the flu... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6740040 | Ultrasound energy driven intraventricular catheter to treat 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. Ultrasonic energy is applied at a frequency at or above 1 MHz to create ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6740039 | Methods and apparatus for displaying information relating to delivery and activation of a therapeutic agent using ultrasound energy A therapeutic agent is incorporated into microbubbles of a contrast agent, and the microbubbles containing the therapeutic agent are delivered to a region of interest in a patient. An ultrasound image of the region of interest is generated by an ultrasound imaging s... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6736979 | Device and process for treating a liquid medium A device for treating liquid medium has an ultrasound emitter located relative to a compartment of a container holding a liquid medium and a microbubble emitter located relative to the compartment. The ultrasound emitter emits high-frequency ultrasound between about... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6736835 | Early intervention spinal treatment methods and devices for use therein There is provided a device for therapeutically treating back or leg pain, comprising: a) a probe having a proximal portion and a distal portion, b) first and second treatment sources, each source located in the distal portion of the probe, where... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6736808 | Apparatus for emitting therapeutic energy within tissue A catheter capable of both sensing myocardial electrical activity and delivering ablating energy within myocardial tissue is disclosed. The catheter comprises electrodes on the outer sheath and contains a movable fiber optic cable that can be percutaneously advanced... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6736784 | Medical instrument for treating biological tissue and method for transmitting pressure waves A medical instrument for treating biological tissue comprises a housing (2), a pressure wave generation means (4) and a transmission means (8) for coupling the unfocused pressure waves into the body of living beings. The transmission means (8... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6733450 | Therapeutic methods and apparatus for use of sonication to enhance perfusion of tissue Ultrasound methods and apparatus for reducing tissue damage from ischemia by means of insonation through intact skin and/or bone, the insonation preferably promoting thrombolysis, reducing edema and promoting microcirculation, recanalization, increased collateraled ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6730048 | Apparatus and method for ultrasonic medical device with improved visibility in imaging procedures The present invention provides an apparatus and method for an ultrasonic medical device with improved visibility in imaging procedures. A medical device comprises an elongated probe having a material of high radiopacity at an at least one predetermined location of t... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6726627 | System and method for ultrasonic harmonic imaging for therapy guidance and monitoring An ultrasound system is provided which includes a therapy ultrasound transducer and a diagnostic ultrasound transducer and operates in accordance with a method to direct the application of the therapy ultrasound. The method includes operating the diagnostic ultrasou... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6719694 | Ultrasound transducers for imaging and therapy Ultrasound applicators able to both image a treatment site and administer ultrasound therapy include an array of transducer elements that can be focused. In several embodiments, an electronically phased array is used for controlling the focal point of an ultrasound ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6716168 | Ultrasound drug delivery enhancement and imaging systems and methods A method and system for both enhancing drug uptake by application of therapeutic transmissions of acoustic energy and imaging a region for applied therapy with a same transducer and ultrasound system. An ultrasonic image of a field of view is generated while localiz... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6709392 | Imaging ultrasound transducer temperature control system and method using feedback A system and method for controlling the heat of an ultrasonic transducer is disclosed. In the presently preferred embodiments, the system and method controls the temperature of the transducer by changing operating system parameters based on feedback from temperature... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6702749 | Optical needle guide for ultrasound guided needle biopsy An optical guide for a biopsy needle includes a light projector for producing a line image on a patient's skin surface, wherein the light projector is adapted for mounting on an ultrasound transducer such that the line image corresponds with an intersecti... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6694173 | Non-contact photoacoustic spectroscopy for photoablation control A method and system for non-contact laser photoablation to be utilized during vision corrective surgery. Multiple pulses of electromagnetic energy are impinged onto target tissue to ablate and generate an acoustic pressure wave while concurrently processi... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6692450 | Focused ultrasound ablation devices having selectively actuatable ultrasound emitting elements and methods of using the same A focused ultrasound ablation device includes an ultrasound emitting member having a plurality of individual ultrasound emitting elements arranged in an array. The ultrasound emitting elements are selectively, independently actuatable to emit ultrasound e... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6689128 | Methods and devices for ablation An ablating device has a cover which holds an interface material such as a gel. The cover contains the interface material during initial placement of the device. The ablating device may also have a removable tip or a membrane filled with fluid. In still a... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6689067 | Method and apparatus for ultrasound guidance of needle biopsies An ultrasound scanning system having an ultrasound transducer (10) which provides ultrasound images (33), a computer to process the ultrasound information and to render the ultrasound image (33) correctly positioned and scaled for display on a flat panel ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6689086 | Method of using a catheter for delivery of ultrasonic energy and medicament An ultrasound delivery catheter equipped and configured for concurrent delivery of drugs or therapeutic agents. The catheter comprises an elongate pliable catheter body having an ultrasound delivery member or wire extending longitudinally therethrough. A ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6685657 | Methods for selectively dissolving and removing materials using ultra-high frequency ultrasound The present invention provides processes and apparatus for selectively dissolving and removing unwanted solid and semi-solid materials and the like, within a highly localized region utilizing ultra-high energy acoustical waves having a frequency in the ra... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6685656 | Ultrasonic treatment for wounds A portable therapeutic device and method of use generate longitudinally propagating ultrasound and shear waves generated by such longitudinally propagating ultrasound to provide effective healing of wounds. A transducer having an operative surface is disp... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6682502 | Apparatus for emergency treatment of patients experiencing a thrombotic vascular occlusion Acute care method and apparatus for treating a patient experiencing thrombotic vascular occlusion includes introducing a selected dose of an active agent proximate a vascular occlusion in the patient in order to lyse the vascular occlusion and radiating t... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6679855 | Method and apparatus for the correction of presbyopia using high intensity focused ultrasound Energy is directed at the eye in a manner so as to create discrete heating within the eye to correct vision, and in particular, to correct presbyopia. The energy is high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) energy directed to a specific area which when tre... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6676601 | Apparatus and method for location and treatment using ultrasound A method for treating myomas or tumors having a pedicle includes the steps of locating the pedicle of a myoma or a tumor using Doppler echography and delivering focused ultrasound to the pedicle.... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6676626 | Ultrasound assembly with increased efficacy A catheter system is disclosed. The catheter system includes a catheter body having an external surface and an ultrasound transducer having a side between a first end and a second end. A first medium is positioned adjacent to the first end of the ultrasou... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6669655 | Sonic element and catheter incorporating same A catheter carrying a radially-expansible ultrasonic transducer is threaded into the circulatory system and then the transducer is actuated to provide ultrasonic energy in a ring-like zone surrounding a blood vessel. Desirably, the transducer is arranged ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6666835 | Self-cooled ultrasonic applicator for medical applications A medical instrument uses solid tapered cones mounted to a preferably concave, spherically curved, piezoelectric ultrasound transducer which focuses and concentrates the ultrasound energy to a narrow tip so very high levels of ultrasound can be delivered ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6666834 | Method and apparatus for generating shock waves A device for generating shock waves, specifically for medical applications, has electrodes arranged in a liquid medium, a high voltage being applied to the electrodes to generate an electrical breakdown. Particles added in powder form are suspended in the... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6666833 | Systems and methods for focussing an acoustic energy beam transmitted through non-uniform tissue medium Systems and methods for focussing an ultrasound energy beam transmitted from an array of transducer elements located outside the body through a non-uniform tissue medium, such as a skull, to a location (e.g., a tumor) located inside the body by monitoring... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6663578 | Operator supervised temperature control system and method for an ultrasound transducer A system and method for controlling the heat of an ultrasonic transducer is disclosed. In the presently preferred embodiments, the operator selects one or more mutable system parameters of the ultrasound system which will be changed if either the temperat... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6656136 | Use of focused ultrasound for vascular sealing A method and system for locating a vascular opening and therapeutically sealing the wound with high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is disclosed. A control unit (6) coupled to an applicator unit includes a processor (74) that automates the disclosed p... | 12/02/2003 |
