- Patent Title: Focused ultrasound device and image transducer protection method
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Application No.: US18262632Application Date: 2022-12-02
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Publication No.: US12133994B2Publication Date: 2024-11-05
- Inventor: Keon Ho Son , Dae Seung Kim , Ja 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

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20240075322A1 FOCUSED ULTRASOUND DEVICE AND IMAGE TRANSDUCER PROTECTION METHOD Public/Granted day:2024-03-07
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