Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Energy deposition zone determination for a catheter with an ultrasound array
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Application No.: US14781598Application Date: 2014-04-04
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Publication No.: US10010727B2Publication Date: 2018-07-03
- Inventor: Max Oskar Kohler
- Applicant: Profound Medical Inc.
- Applicant Address: CA Mississauga, ON
- Assignee: Profound Medical Inc.
- Current Assignee: Profound Medical Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Mississauga, ON
- Agency: Intrinsic Law Corp.
- Priority: EP13162504 20130405
- International Application: PCT/EP2014/056831 WO 20140404
- International Announcement: WO2014/170144 WO 20141023
- Main IPC: A61N7/02
- IPC: A61N7/02 ; A61B5/055 ; A61B8/12 ; A61N7/00 ; A61B90/00

Abstract:
The invention provides for a medical apparatus (300) comprising: a magnetic resonance imaging system (302); an ultrasonic system (322) for connecting to a catheter (324, 504, 600) with an ultrasound array (400, 402, 404, 508, 602, 604). The ultrasonic system is operable for driving the ultrasound array. Machine executable instructions (354, 356, 358) cause a processor (334) for controlling the medical apparatus to: generate (100, 202) at least one acoustic radiation impulse with the ultrasonic system, wherein the generated ultrasound energy is below a predetermined level; acquire (102, 204) the magnetic resonance data using an acoustic radiation force imaging pulse sequence; reconstruct (104, 206) at least one acoustic radiation force pulse image using the magnetic resonance data; and determine (106, 208) an energy deposition zone for the catheter using at least partially the at least one acoustic radiation force pulse image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160045771A1 ENERGY DEPOSITION ZONE DETERMINATION FOR A CATHETER WITH AN ULTRASOUND ARRAY Public/Granted day:2016-02-18
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