Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High-low intensity focused ultrasound treatment apparatus
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Application No.: US16431543Application Date: 2019-06-04
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Publication No.: US11491352B2Publication Date: 2022-11-08
- Inventor: Ki Joo Pahk , Hyung Min Kim , Byung Chul Lee , Inchan Youn
- Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: KR10-2018-0064719 20180605
- Main IPC: A61N7/00
- IPC: A61N7/00 ; A61B8/00 ; A61B8/08 ; A61N7/02

Abstract:
A high-low intensity focused ultrasound treatment apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of ultrasound sources, and a controller to control a center frequency and intensity of focused ultrasound outputted from the ultrasound sources, wherein each of the ultrasound sources includes a first ultrasound transducer to output low-intensity focused ultrasound to detect a lesion, and a second ultrasound transducer to output high-intensity focused ultrasound to ablate or remove the detected lesion. The low-intensity focused ultrasound outputted from the first transducer may be used to detect a lesion in a patient's brain by applying a stimulus to the brain, and at the same time, investigating a response, and the high-intensity focused ultrasound outputted from the second transducer may be used to ablate or remove the detected lesion by applying a thermal or mechanical stimulus to the lesion.
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