ULTRASOUND IMAGING AND THERAPY DEVICE
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190126317A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-02

    申请号:US16095304

    申请日:2017-04-21

    摘要: An ultrasound imaging and therapy device includes an array of concentric annular ultrasound transducers, and an ultrasound imaging device situated inside an innermost transducer of the plurality of concentric annular ultrasound transducers, wherein it further comprises a mechanical linkage allowing a tilting movement of the array of concentric annular ultrasound transducers with respect to the ultrasound imaging device and in that the ultrasound imaging device protrudes in an axial direction from the array of concentric annular ultrasound transducers; whereby the ultrasound imaging device can be kept stationary and in direct or indirect contact with a patient's skin while the array of concentric annular ultrasound transducers is tilted so as to move a focal point of ultrasound waves generated by the concentric annular ultrasound transducers within an imaging region of the ultrasound imaging device.

    APPARATUS FOR TREATING VASCULAR THROMBOSIS BY ULTRASOUNDS

    公开(公告)号:US20210196295A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-01

    申请号:US16755591

    申请日:2018-10-18

    申请人: CARDIAWAVE

    摘要: An apparatus for treating vascular thrombosis with ultrasound, includes a therapeutic ultrasonic transducer, suitable for generating focused ultrasonic waves that propagate along an emission axis; an imaging ultrasonic transducer associated with the therapeutic transducer; a means for moving the focal spot of the therapeutic ultrasonic transducer along the emission axis with respect to the imaging transducer; a motorized mechanical system for translating the transducers along at least a first axis parallel to the emission axis and a second axis perpendicular to the first; and an electronic control system for driving the motorized mechanical system and the means for moving the focal spot of the therapeutic transducer.

    Apparatus for treating vascular thrombosis by ultrasounds

    公开(公告)号:US11633199B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-25

    申请号:US16755591

    申请日:2018-10-18

    申请人: CARDIAWAVE

    摘要: An apparatus for treating vascular thrombosis with ultrasound, includes a therapeutic ultrasonic transducer, suitable for generating focused ultrasonic waves that propagate along an emission axis; an imaging ultrasonic transducer associated with the therapeutic transducer; a means for moving the focal spot of the therapeutic ultrasonic transducer along the emission axis with respect to the imaging transducer; a motorized mechanical system for translating the transducers along at least a first axis parallel to the emission axis and a second axis perpendicular to the first; and an electronic control system for driving the motorized mechanical system and the means for moving the focal spot of the therapeutic transducer.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING VALVULAR DISEASE

    公开(公告)号:US20180064412A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-08

    申请号:US15557455

    申请日:2016-04-01

    申请人: CARDIAWAVE

    IPC分类号: A61B8/06 A61B8/04 A61B8/08

    摘要: An apparatus for treating or preventing a valvular disease comprises: a ultrasound probe located externally to a heart of patient, able to produce ultrasound waves focused inside the heart and suitable to generate, at a focal spot, a pressure sufficient to result in cavitation, an imaging device for mapping in real time a treatment region of a cardiac valve of the patient, the treatment region comprising at least one leaflet of the cardiac valve, a controller configured for driving the ultrasound probe to emit a sequence of focused ultrasound waves, the controller being further configured for steering the focused ultrasound waves so as to scan the entire treatment region to soften the tissues of the treatment region. A method for treating or preventing valvular disease, carried out using the apparatus is also provided.