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- Patent Title: Zero vergence ultrasound waves for sonodynamic therapy
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Application No.: US17400011Application Date: 2021-08-11
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Publication No.: US11491353B2Publication Date: 2022-11-08
- Inventor: Vijay Agarwal , Braden Eliason , Jeremy Ling
- Applicant: Alpheus Medical, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Oakdale
- Assignee: Alpheus Medical, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Alpheus Medical, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Oakdale
- Agency: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
- Main IPC: A61N7/00
- IPC: A61N7/00 ; A61K9/00 ; A61K31/197 ; A61K41/00 ; B06B1/02 ; B06B1/06 ; A61P35/00 ; A61F7/00 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B18/00 ; A61F7/02 ; A61B17/32

Abstract:
Disclosed are methods of obtaining zero vergence ultrasound waves for providing sonodynamic therapy with ultrasound waves that do not converge and do not diverge. The method includes coupling a sonodynamic therapy device with an array of flat piezoelectric transducers to a skin surface. A controller is configured to generate an electrical drive signal at a frequency, modulate the drive signal, and drive the transducer with the modulated drive signal at the frequency to produce a zero vergence ultrasound wave to produce an average acoustic intensity sufficient to activate a sonosensitizer in a treatment region without damaging healthy cells in the treatment region.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210370103A1 ZERO VERGENCE ULTRASOUND WAVES FOR SONODYNAMIC THERAPY Public/Granted day:2021-12-02
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