Invention Grant
US07753944B2 Ultrasonic imaging and treatment probe having an asymmetric focal zone
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超声波成像和治疗探针具有不对称焦点区域
- Patent Title: Ultrasonic imaging and treatment probe having an asymmetric focal zone
- Patent Title (中): 超声波成像和治疗探针具有不对称焦点区域
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Application No.: US10482515Application Date: 2002-07-05
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Publication No.: US07753944B2Publication Date: 2010-07-13
- Inventor: Francois Lacoste , Olivier Esnault
- Applicant: Francois Lacoste , Olivier Esnault
- Applicant Address: FR Vaux en Velin
- Assignee: Technomed Medical Systems S.A.
- Current Assignee: Technomed Medical Systems S.A.
- Current Assignee Address: FR Vaux en Velin
- Agency: Husch Blackwell Sanders Welsh & Katz
- Priority: FR0109370 20010713
- International Application: PCT/FR02/02367 WO 20020705
- International Announcement: WO03/008041 WO 20030130
- Main IPC: A61F7/12
- IPC: A61F7/12

Abstract:
The invention relates to a treatment probe for focused ultrasound including a probe body, which is mounted in rotation around an axis; an elongated treatment transducer with a focused ultrasound emission acoustic axis, which is more or less the same as the rotation axis of the probe body; and an imaging transducer, the imaging plane of which contains the acoustic axis of the treatment transducer. The inventive probe can be used to provide a simple treatment. The probe body can be rotated around the axis in order to vary the direction of the imaging plane without moving the focus, which always remains in the imaging plane. The treatment transducer can be extended in order to provide safer treatment in relation to the organs to be treated and without risk of damaging the fragile surrounding organs.
Public/Granted literature
- US20040254620A1 Treatment probe for focussed ultrasound Public/Granted day:2004-12-16
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