METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FOCUSED ULTRASOUND APPLICATION
    92.
    发明申请
    METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FOCUSED ULTRASOUND APPLICATION 有权
    聚焦超声波应用的方法与装置

    公开(公告)号:US20110118602A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-05-19

    申请号:US13011533

    申请日:2011-01-21

    IPC分类号: A61N7/00 A61B8/00

    摘要: An ultrasonic applicator unit (2) is used diagnostically to locate a puncture wound (316) in an artery and then therapeutically to seal the puncture wound with high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU). A control unit (6) coupled to the applicator unit includes a processor (74) that automates the procedure, controlling various parameters of the diagnostic and therapeutic modes, including the intensity and duration of the ultrasonic energy emitted by the applicator unit. A protective, sterile acoustic shell (4), which is intended to be used with a single patient and then discarded, is slipped over the applicator unit to protect against direct contact between the applicator unit and the patient and to maintain a sterile field at the site of the puncture. The apparatus and method are particularly applicable to sealing a puncture made when inserting a catheter into an artery or other vessel. Several different procedures are described for locating the puncture wound, including imaging the vessel in which the puncture is disposed and use of a locator rod to determine the disposition of the puncture along the longitudinal axis of the artery.

    摘要翻译: 超声波施加器单元(2)用于诊断性地将穿刺伤口(316)定位在动脉中,然后在治疗上定位以用高强度聚焦超声(HIFU)密封穿刺伤口。 耦合到施加器单元的控制单元(6)包括处理器(74),其自动化过程,控制诊断和治疗模式的各种参数,包括施加器单元发射的超声能量的强度和持续时间。 旨在与单个患者一起使用然后被丢弃的保护性无菌声学外壳(4)被滑过施用器单元以防止施用器单元和患者之间的直接接触并且保持无菌区域在 穿刺部位。 该装置和方法特别适用于在将导管插入动脉或其他血管时进行的穿刺的密封。 描述了用于定位穿刺伤口的几种不同的程序,包括对其中设置穿刺的容器进行成像,并使用定位杆来确定沿着动脉的纵向轴线的穿刺的布置。

    NECKLIFT PROCEDURE AND INSTRUMENTS FOR PERFORMING SAME
    96.
    发明申请
    NECKLIFT PROCEDURE AND INSTRUMENTS FOR PERFORMING SAME 有权
    NECKLIFT程序和执行相同的仪器

    公开(公告)号:US20080132921A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-06-05

    申请号:US11950378

    申请日:2007-12-04

    IPC分类号: A61B17/04

    摘要: A method for threading a suture in a patient's body. The method includes the steps of providing a suture, providing a threading device comprising an elongated rod having a suture tie-off location and first and second ends, tying the suture to the suture tie-off location, inserting the first end of the elongated rod through a first opening in the patient's skin, passing the first end of the elongated rod subcutaneously to a second opening in the patient's skin, pulling the first end of the elongated rod and a portion of the suture through the second opening, without turning the elongated rod around, and passing the second end of the elongated rod subcutaneously to an opening in the patient's skin. At least one point during the performance of the method the first end of the elongated rod extends out of the first opening and the second end of the elongated rod extends through the second opening. In a preferred embodiment, the first and second ends of the threading device are each lighted at predetermined points during the method.

    摘要翻译: 一种将缝合线穿入患者身体的方法。 该方法包括提供缝合线的步骤,提供穿线装置,该穿线装置包括具有缝线牵引位置的细长杆和第一和第二端,将缝合线绑定到缝合线绑扎位置,将细长杆的第一端 通过患者皮肤中的第一开口,将细长杆的第一端皮下移动到患者皮肤中的第二开口,拉动细长杆的第一端和缝合线的一部分穿过第二开口,而不转动细长的 杆,并且将细长杆的第二端皮下通过患者皮肤的开口。 在执行该方法期间的至少一个点,细长杆的第一端延伸出第一开口并且细长杆的第二端延伸穿过第二开口。 在优选实施例中,在该方法期间,穿线装置的第一端和第二端均被预定点点亮。

    Label selection for end-to-end label-switched traffic through a communications network
    97.
    发明授权
    Label selection for end-to-end label-switched traffic through a communications network 有权
    通过通信网络对端到端标签交换流量进行标签选择

    公开(公告)号:US07319672B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-01-15

    申请号:US10806083

    申请日:2004-03-22

    摘要: In a method of label selection for end-to-end transport of label switched traffic through a communications network between a source node and a destination node, a request message is launched toward the destination node from the source node. The request message includes a label list having one or more label identifiers indicative of respective corresponding labels available for use by the source node. The label list is revised, at a cross-connect service each successive hop between the source node and the destination node, based on labels available for use by each respective hop, to produce a reduced label list. The reduced label list includes label identifiers indicative of respective corresponding labels available for end-to-end transport of label switched traffic between the source node and the destination node.

    摘要翻译: 在通过源节点和目的地节点之间的通信网络的标签交换业务的端到端传输的标签选择的方法中,从源节点向目的地节点发送请求消息。 请求消息包括具有一个或多个标签标识符的标签列表,该标签标识符指示可供源节点使用的相应对应标签。 基于可由每个相应跳跃使用的标签,在交叉连接服务处修改源节点和目的地节点之间的每个连续跳跃的标签列表,以产生缩小的标签列表。 缩小的标签列表包括指示可用于源节点和目的地节点之间的标签交换业务的端到端传输的各自相应标签的标签标识符。

    Ultrasound transducers for imaging and therapy
    98.
    发明申请
    Ultrasound transducers for imaging and therapy 审中-公开
    用于成像和治疗的超声换能器

    公开(公告)号:US20060235300A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-10-19

    申请号:US11471052

    申请日:2006-06-19

    IPC分类号: A61B8/00 A61H1/00

    摘要: 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 beam. The ultrasound beam produced thereby can also be electronically steered. To reduce the quality factor or Q of the array when the array is used for imaging, an electronic switch is selectively closed, placing a resistance in parallel with each of the array elements. A flexible array is employed in several embodiments and is selectively bent or flexed to vary its radius of curvature and thus control the focal point and/or a direction of focus of the array. In another embodiment, each of the transducer elements comprising the array are individually mechanically pivotable to steer the ultrasonic beam produced by the transducer elements.

    摘要翻译: 能够对治疗部位进行成像并进行超声治疗的超声波施加器包括可聚焦的换能器元件阵列。 在几个实施例中,电子相控阵列用于控制超声波束的焦点。 由此产生的超声波束也可以被电子控制。 为了在阵列用于成像时降低阵列的质量因子或Q,选择性地关闭电子开关,将电阻与每个阵列元件并联。 在几个实施例中使用柔性阵列并且被选择性地弯曲或弯曲以改变其曲率半径,并且因此控制阵列的焦点和/或焦点的方向。 在另一个实施例中,包括阵列的每个换能器元件分别机械地枢转以转向由换能器元件产生的超声波束。

    Use of focused ultrasound for vascular sealing
    100.
    发明授权
    Use of focused ultrasound for vascular sealing 有权
    使用聚焦超声波进行血管密封

    公开(公告)号:US06656136B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-12-02

    申请号:US09696076

    申请日:2000-10-25

    IPC分类号: A61H500

    摘要: 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 procedure, controlling various parameters of the diagnostic and therapeutic modes, including the intensity and duration of the ultrasonic energy emitted by the applicator unit. The disclosed method and system is and then discarded, is slipped over the particularly applicable to sealing a puncture made inserting a catheter during an interventional cardiovascular procedure.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于定位血管开口并用高强度聚焦超声(HIFU)治疗性密封伤口的方法和系统。 耦合到施加器单元的控制单元(6)包括处理器(74),其使所公开的过程自动化,控制诊断和治疗模式的各种参数,包括施加器单元发射的超声能量的强度和持续时间。 所公开的方法和系统然后被丢弃,特别适用于密封在介入性心血管程序期间插入导管的穿刺。