• Patent Title: Focused ultrasound device and image transducer protection method
  • Application No.: US18262632
    Application Date: 2022-12-02
  • Publication No.: US12133994B2
    Publication Date: 2024-11-05
  • Inventor: Keon Ho SonDae Seung KimJa Woon Koo
  • Applicant: IMGT CO., LTD.
  • Applicant Address: KR Seongnam-si
  • Assignee: IMGT CO., LTD.
  • Current Assignee: IMGT CO., LTD.
  • Current Assignee Address: KR Seongnam-si
  • Agency: NSIP Law
  • Priority: KR10-2021-0175227 20211208
  • International Application: PCT/KR2022/019445 WO 20221202
  • International Announcement: WO2023/106740 WO 20230615
  • Main IPC: A61N7/02
  • IPC: A61N7/02 A61N7/00
Focused ultrasound device and image transducer protection method
Abstract:
The focused ultrasound device according to an embodiment comprises: an ultrasound probe structure including a treatment transducer for transmitting a focused ultrasound signal and an image transducer for transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic image signal; a reception switch for selecting a plurality of first elements among elements of the image transducer as protection areas and deactivating same, and selecting a plurality of second other elements among the elements of the image transducer as reception areas and activating same; an image beamformer for forming a reception beam signal by focusing ultrasonic echo signals received from the plurality of second elements; an image generation unit for generating an image for a target area in an object on the basis of the reception beam signal; and a control unit for controlling the selection of the protection areas and reception areas by means of a reception switch.
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