Ultrasound device for treatment of intervertebral disc tisssue
    1.
    发明申请
    Ultrasound device for treatment of intervertebral disc tisssue 审中-公开
    用于治疗椎间盘组织的超声装置

    公开(公告)号:US20080108984A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-05-08

    申请号:US12004753

    申请日:2007-12-21

    IPC分类号: A61B18/04 A61F7/00

    摘要: An ultrasound device and method for the treatment of intervertebral disc tissue for remediation of back pain. An applicator comprises a catheter and/or needle with a distal tip including one or more ultrasound transducer crystals. The crystals produce high-powered ultrasound energy that is transmitted and absorbed in the disc tissue. The resulting temperature elevation of the disc tissue shrinks the collagen fibers in the surrounding tissue, and/or destroying small nerves that may have invaded and innervated the surrounding degenerated tissue, and can provide increased structural integrity and disc support for the fragmented nucleus pulposus to relieve pressure on the spinal nerves.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于治疗椎间盘组织以治疗背部疼痛的超声装置和方法。 施加器包括具有包括一个或多个超声换能器晶体的远端的导管和/或针。 晶体产生高功率超声能量,其被传播和吸收在椎间盘组织中。 椎间盘组织的所得温度升高使周围组织中的胶原纤维收缩,和/或破坏可能侵入和支配周围的退化组织的小神经,并且可以为碎片髓核提供增加的结构完整性和椎间盘支撑以减轻 对脊神经的压力。

    Ultrasound device for treatment of intervertebral disc
    2.
    发明申请
    Ultrasound device for treatment of intervertebral disc 有权
    用于治疗椎间盘的超声装置

    公开(公告)号:US20080004614A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-01-03

    申请号:US11818046

    申请日:2007-06-12

    IPC分类号: A61B18/04 A61F7/00

    摘要: An ultrasound device and method for the treatment of intervertebral disc tissue for remediation of back pain. An applicator comprises a catheter and/or needle with a distal tip including one or more ultrasound transducer crystals. The crystals produce high-powered ultrasound energy that is transmitted and absorbed in the disc tissue. The resulting temperature elevation of the disc tissue shrinks the collagen fibers in the surrounding tissue, and/or destroying small nerves that may have invaded and innervated the surrounding degenerated tissue, and can provide increased structural integrity and disc support for the fragmented nucleus pulposus to relieve pressure on the spinal nerves.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于治疗椎间盘组织以治疗背部疼痛的超声装置和方法。 施加器包括具有包括一个或多个超声换能器晶体的远端的导管和/或针。 晶体产生高功率超声能量,其被传播和吸收在椎间盘组织中。 椎间盘组织的所得温度升高使周围组织中的胶原纤维收缩,和/或破坏可能侵入和支配周围的退化组织的小神经,并且可以为碎片髓核提供增加的结构完整性和椎间盘支撑以减轻 对脊神经的压力。

    Collagen density and structural change measurement and mapping in tissue
    5.
    发明申请
    Collagen density and structural change measurement and mapping in tissue 有权
    胶原密度和组织结构变化测量和绘图

    公开(公告)号:US20070173720A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-07-26

    申请号:US11656315

    申请日:2007-01-19

    IPC分类号: A61B8/00

    摘要: A method and system for two and three dimensional mapping of tissue density and/or structural changes from image data and/or spatial reflected or transmitted signal maps, and correlating the maps to changes in collagen density. The method and system includes the steps of: receiving an image or spatial maps of acoustic-derived RF signal data from tissue comprised of multiple pixels, segregating the image into groups of pixels, each group of pixels having characteristics within a defined class, establishing a baseline set of classes corresponding to initial conditions of the imaged/mapped tissue, measuring a differential in the set of classes for a group of pixels, the differential corresponding to a change in pixel values for the group of pixels, correlating said measured differential to a density change for the tissue corresponding to the group of pixels, and overlaying an indication of collagen density over the tissue image or mapped signal responses correlated with thermal dose indicating a change in collagen density for the tissue.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于从图像数据和/或空间反射或发射信号图中组织密度和/或结构变化的二维和三维映射的方法和系统,并且将该图与胶原密度变化相关联。 所述方法和系统包括以下步骤:从由多个像素组成的组织接收声学导出的RF信号数据的图像或空间图,将图像分离成像素组,每组像素具有在限定类别内的特征,建立 对应于成像/映射组织的初始条件的类的基准集合,测量一组像素的类的集合中的差分,所述差异对应于所述像素组的像素值的变化,将所述测量的差分与 对应于该组像素的组织的密度变化,并且覆盖组织图像上的胶原密度的指示或与表示组织的胶原密度变化的热剂量相关的映射信号响应。