Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasonic processing apparatus comprising means for imaging cavitation bubbles
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Application No.: US17057942Application Date: 2019-05-24
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Publication No.: US11571230B2Publication Date: 2023-02-07
- Inventor: Mathieu Pernot , Daniel Suarez
- Applicant: CARDIAWAVE SA , INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE , CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE , ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS
- Applicant Address: FR Paris; FR Paris; FR Paris; FR Paris
- Assignee: CARDIAWAVE SA,INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE,CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE,ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS
- Current Assignee: CARDIAWAVE SA,INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE,CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE,ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS
- Current Assignee Address: FR Paris; FR Paris; FR Paris; FR Paris
- Agency: BakerHostetler
- Priority: FR1854428 20180525
- International Application: PCT/EP2019/063455 WO 20190524
- International Announcement: WO2019/224350 WO 20191128
- Main IPC: A61B17/225
- IPC: A61B17/225 ; A61B8/14 ; A61B8/08 ; A61B8/00 ; A61B17/00

Abstract:
An ultrasonic processing apparatus is provided. The ultrasonic processing apparatus comprises an ultrasonic therapy transducer (ATA) adapted to generate focused ultrasonic waves; an ultrasonic imaging transducer (UID) connected to the ultrasonic therapy transducer; and an electronic system configured to control the ultrasonic therapy transducer so as to emit a pulse train of ultrasonic waves generating a cloud of cavitation bubbles (BC); control the ultrasonic imaging transducer so as to acquire at least one image of the region to be processed; acquire a plurality of echo signals of ultrasonic wave pulses emitted by the ultrasonic therapy transducer captured by the ultrasonic imaging transducer; process the plurality of echo signals so as to reconstruct an image of the cloud of cavitation bubbles; and display said image of the cloud of cavitation bubbles superposed on said image of the region to be processed. The processing includes spatio-temporal filtering.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210212709A1 ULTRASONIC PROCESSING APPARATUS COMPRISING MEANS FOR IMAGING CAVITATION BUBBLES Public/Granted day:2021-07-15
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