Endo-cavity focused ultrasound transducer
    1.
    发明授权
    Endo-cavity focused ultrasound transducer 有权
    内腔聚焦超声换能器

    公开(公告)号:US07377900B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-05-27

    申请号:US10452061

    申请日:2003-06-02

    IPC分类号: A61B8/00 A61H1/00

    摘要: An apparatus for delivering acoustic energy to a target site adjacent a body passage includes first and second elongate members, each carrying one or more transducer elements on their distal ends. The first and/or second elongate members include connectors for securing the first and second elongate members together such that the transducer elements together define a transducer array. The first and second elongate members are introduced sequentially into a body passage until the transducer elements are disposed adjacent a target site. Acoustic energy is delivered from the transducer elements to the target site to treat tissue therein. In another embodiment, the apparatus includes a tubular member and an expandable structure carrying a plurality of transducer elements. The structure is expanded between a contracted configuration during delivery and an enlarged configuration when deployed for delivering acoustic energy to a target site adjacent the body passage.

    摘要翻译: 用于将声能递送到身体通道附近的目标部位的装置包括第一和第二细长构件,每个细长构件在其远端上承载一个或多个换能器元件。 第一和/或第二细长构件包括用于将第一和第二细长构件固定在一起的连接器,使得换能器元件一起限定换能器阵列。 将第一和第二细长构件顺序地引入体通道中,直到换能器元件邻近目标位置设置。 声能从传感器元件输送到目标部位以在其中处理组织。 在另一个实施例中,该装置包括管状构件和承载多个换能器元件的可膨胀结构。 该结构在递送期间的收缩构造和在被部署以用于将声能递送到邻近身体通道的目标部位时的放大配置之间扩展。

    ENDO-CAVITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER
    2.
    发明申请
    ENDO-CAVITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER 审中-公开
    内腔聚焦超声波传感器

    公开(公告)号:US20070197918A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-08-23

    申请号:US11736109

    申请日:2007-04-17

    IPC分类号: A61B8/14

    摘要: An apparatus for delivering acoustic energy to a target site adjacent a body passage includes first and second elongate members, each carrying one or more transducer elements on their distal ends. The first and/or second elongate members include connectors for securing the first and second elongate members together such that the transducer elements together define a transducer array. The first and second elongate members are introduced sequentially into a body passage until the transducer elements are disposed adjacent a target site. Acoustic energy is delivered from the transducer elements to the target site to treat tissue therein. In another embodiment, the apparatus includes a tubular member and an expandable structure carrying a plurality of transducer elements. The structure is expanded between a contracted configuration during delivery and an enlarged configuration when deployed for delivering acoustic energy to a target site adjacent the body passage.

    摘要翻译: 用于将声能递送到身体通道附近的目标部位的装置包括第一和第二细长构件,每个细长构件在其远端上承载一个或多个换能器元件。 第一和/或第二细长构件包括用于将第一和第二细长构件固定在一起的连接器,使得换能器元件一起限定换能器阵列。 将第一和第二细长构件顺序地引入体通道中,直到换能器元件邻近目标位置设置。 声能从传感器元件输送到目标部位以在其中处理组织。 在另一个实施例中,该装置包括管状构件和承载多个换能器元件的可膨胀结构。 该结构在递送期间的收缩构造和在被部署以用于将声能递送到邻近身体通道的目标部位时的放大配置之间扩展。

    Method and Apparatus for Washing Fabrics Using Focused Ultrasound
    7.
    发明申请
    Method and Apparatus for Washing Fabrics Using Focused Ultrasound 审中-公开
    使用聚焦超声波清洗织物的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20100146713A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-06-17

    申请号:US12621710

    申请日:2009-11-19

    IPC分类号: B08B3/12 D06M10/02

    CPC分类号: D06F19/00

    摘要: Systems and methods in accordance with the invention cause substantially the entire area of a fabric article to be laundered is efficiently and completely exposed to focused ultrasound. In this way, the benefits of cavitation are applied to the article as a whole rather than on a “spot” basis.

    摘要翻译: 根据本发明的系统和方法基本上使织物制品的整个区域被洗涤被有效地和完全地暴露于聚焦的超声波。 这样一来,空穴的好处就应用于整个文章,而不是在“现场”的基础上。

    MAPPING ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS
    9.
    发明申请
    MAPPING ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS 有权
    映射超声波传感器

    公开(公告)号:US20140112095A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-04-24

    申请号:US14138864

    申请日:2013-12-23

    IPC分类号: A61B8/00

    摘要: Ultrasound transducers may be mapped by varying a focus-affecting parameter and adjusting the parameter so as to improve focus quality. In some embodiments, mapping involves successively varying the phase of one transducer element, or group of elements, with respect to a constant phase of the other transducer elements, and determining the phase at which a tissue displacement in the ultrasound focus is maximized.

    摘要翻译: 可以通过改变聚焦影响参数并调整参数来映射超声换能器,从而提高焦点质量。 在一些实施例中,映射涉及相对于其他换能器元件的恒定相位连续地改变一个换能器元件或元件组的相位,并且确定超声焦点中的组织位移最大化的相位。

    MAPPING ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS
    10.
    发明申请
    MAPPING ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS 有权
    映射超声波传感器

    公开(公告)号:US20110094288A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-04-28

    申请号:US12904655

    申请日:2010-10-14

    IPC分类号: G01N29/00 G01R33/20

    摘要: Ultrasound transducers may be mapped by varying a focus-affecting parameter and adjusting the parameter so as to improve focus quality. In some embodiments, mapping involves successively varying the phase of one transducer element, or group of elements, with respect to a constant phase of the other transducer elements, and determining the phase at which a tissue displacement in the ultrasound focus is maximized.

    摘要翻译: 可以通过改变聚焦影响参数并调整参数来映射超声换能器,从而提高焦点质量。 在一些实施例中,映射涉及相对于其他换能器元件的恒定相位连续地改变一个换能器元件或元件组的相位,并且确定超声焦点中的组织位移最大化的相位。