Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Medical device with CMUT array and solid state cooling, and associated methods and systems
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Application No.: US17479011Application Date: 2021-09-20
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Publication No.: US11998766B2Publication Date: 2024-06-04
- Inventor: Arif Sanli Ergun , Andre Khoury , Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub , John N. Irwin, III
- Applicant: Ultra HOM LLC
- Applicant Address: US CT Stamford
- Assignee: ULTRA HOM LLC
- Current Assignee: ULTRA HOM LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Stamford
- Agency: Onello & Mello, LLP
- Main IPC: A61B18/02
- IPC: A61B18/02 ; A61B8/08 ; A61B8/12 ; A61B17/22 ; A61N7/02 ; B06B1/02 ; A61B18/00 ; A61B90/00 ; A61N7/00

Abstract:
A medical device includes a capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) array configured to emit ultrasound to target tissue, and at least one thermoelectric cooler mechanically coupled with the CMUT array and configured to cool non-target tissue heated by the ultrasound. The medical device may be implemented in a catheter together with a solid thermal conductor coupled to the thermoelectric cooler and extending along the catheter, to conduct heat away from the thermoelectric cooler. A catheter or catheter sleeve includes a tubular wall for insertion into a body channel, and at least one thermoelectric cooler coupled to the tubular wall for cooling the body channel wall. A catheter sleeve includes tubular casing for insertion into a body channel and capable of encasing a catheter, and at least one sensor coupled to the tubular casing for sensing one or more properties of the body channel wall, such as temperature and pressure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220072338A1 MEDICAL DEVICE WITH CMUT ARRAY AND SOLID STATE COOLING, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2022-03-10
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