Medical system having an ultrasound source and an acoustic coupling medium
    2.
    发明申请
    Medical system having an ultrasound source and an acoustic coupling medium 有权
    具有超声波源和声耦合介质的医疗系统

    公开(公告)号:US20050261586A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-11-24

    申请号:US10848550

    申请日:2004-05-18

    IPC分类号: A61B17/22 A61H1/00 A61N7/02

    摘要: An ultrasound medical system has an end effector including a medical ultrasound transducer and an acoustic coupling medium. The acoustic coupling medium has a transducer-proximal surface and a transducer-distal surface. The medical ultrasound transducer is positioned to emit medical ultrasound through the acoustic coupling medium from the transducer-proximal surface to the transducer-distal surface. The end effector is adapted to change a property (such as the shape and/or the temperature) of the acoustic coupling medium during emission, and/or between emissions, of medical ultrasound from the medical ultrasound transducer during a medical procedure on a patient. In one example, such changes are used to change the focus and/or beam angle of the emitted ultrasound during the medical procedure.

    摘要翻译: 超声波医疗系统具有包括医用超声波换能器和声耦合介质的末端执行器。 声耦合介质具有换能器近侧表面和换能器远侧表面。 医疗超声换能器被定位成通过声耦合介质从换能器近端表面到换能器远侧表面发射医用超声波。 端部执行器适于在医疗超声波换能器在患者的医疗过程期间改变声学耦合介质在发射期间和/或发射之间的医疗超声波的性质(例如形状和/或温度)。 在一个示例中,这样的改变用于在医疗过程期间改变发射的超声的焦点和/或束角。

    Ultrasound medical treatment system and method
    3.
    发明申请
    Ultrasound medical treatment system and method 审中-公开
    超声医疗系统及方法

    公开(公告)号:US20050240124A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-10-27

    申请号:US10825090

    申请日:2004-04-15

    摘要: An ultrasound medical treatment system includes an ultrasound medical treatment transducer and a controller. In one arrangement, the controller movingly controls the medical treatment transducer to emit ultrasound to thermally ablate patient tissue: 1) for a plurality of predetermined time intervals each associated with the medical treatment transducer movingly disposed at a different one of an equal number of predetermined positions, wherein a next-in-time time interval is associated with a position which is spatially non-adjacent to a position associated with a present-in-time time interval; or 2) for a predetermined time interval during which the transducer is continuously moved. Methods of the invention so control the medical treatment transducer using or not using the controller. In another arrangement, the transducer has an array of transducer elements and the controller activates different non-overlapping groups or different overlapping groups of transducer elements at different times.

    摘要翻译: 超声医疗系统包括超声医疗换能器和控制器。 在一种布置中,控制器移动地控制医疗换能器发射超声波以热消融患者组织:1)多个预定时间间隔,每个预定的时间间隔与医疗治疗换能器相关联,移位地设置在相同数量的预定位置 其中,与时间上的时间间隔相关联的位置与空间上不相邻的位置相关联的时间时间间隔; 或2)在传感器连续移动的预定时间间隔内。 本发明的方法使用或不使用控制器来控制医疗换能器。 在另一种布置中,换能器具有换能器元件的阵列,并且控制器在不同时间激活不同的非重叠组或不同重叠的换能器元件组。

    Ultrasound medical treatment system and method
    4.
    发明申请
    Ultrasound medical treatment system and method 审中-公开
    超声医疗系统及方法

    公开(公告)号:US20050240123A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-10-27

    申请号:US10824196

    申请日:2004-04-14

    摘要: An embodiment of an ultrasound medical treatment system includes an ultrasound medical-treatment transducer and a controller. The controller powers the transducer to deliver ultrasound to thermally ablate patient tissue in vivo. In a first expression of the embodiment and/or a first method for thermally ablating patient tissue in vivo which optionally can employ the embodiment, the transducer is powered to deliver ultrasound for or beyond an in vivo treatment time which is a function of an experimentally-determined in vitro treatment time for the same ultrasound acoustic power. In a second expression of the embodiment and/or a second method, the transducer is powered to deliver ultrasound at or above an in vivo ultrasound acoustic power which is a function of an experimentally-determined in vitro ultrasound acoustic power for the same treatment time. In a third expression of the embodiment and/or a third method, the transducer is powered to deliver ultrasound at or above an ultrasound acoustic power threshold which is calculated from an equation.

    摘要翻译: 超声医疗系统的一个实施例包括超声医疗换能器和控制器。 控制器为传感器供电以输送超声波,以在体内热消融患者组织。 在本实施例的第一个表达方式和/或用于在体内热消融患者组织的第一种方法,其任选地可以采用本实施例,换能器被供电以输送超出体内治疗时间或超过体内治疗时间, 确定体外治疗时间为相同的超声波功率。 在实施例和/或第二方法的第二表达中,换能器被供电以在等于或高于体内超声声功率的情况下传送超声波,该功率在相同的治疗时间内是实验确定的体外超声声功率的函数。 在实施例和/或第三方法的第三表达式中,换能器被供电以将超声波输送到等于或高于根据等式计算的超声声功率阈值。