Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automated control of micromanipulator arm for histotripsy prostate therapy while imaging via ultrasound transducers in real time
-
Application No.: US12868768Application Date: 2010-08-26
-
Publication No.: US09943708B2Publication Date: 2018-04-17
- Inventor: William W. Roberts , Timothy L. Hall , Charles A. Cain , J. Brian Fowlkes , Zhen Xu , Michael Thomas Kusner, Jr. , Dejan Teofilovic
- Applicant: William W. Roberts , Timothy L. Hall , Charles A. Cain , J. Brian Fowlkes , Zhen Xu , Michael Thomas Kusner, Jr. , Dejan Teofilovic
- Applicant Address: US MI Ann Arbor US MI Ann Arbor
- Assignee: HISTOSONICS, INC.,THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
- Current Assignee: HISTOSONICS, INC.,THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Ann Arbor US MI Ann Arbor
- Agency: Shay Glenn LLP
- Main IPC: A61B8/00
- IPC: A61B8/00 ; A61N7/00 ; A61N7/02 ; A61B8/12 ; A61B34/00 ; A61B17/22 ; A61B90/50 ; A61B90/00

Abstract:
A medical imaging and therapy device is provided that may include any of a number of features. One feature of the device is that it can image a target tissue volume and apply ultrasound energy to the target tissue volume. In some embodiments, the medical imaging and therapy device is configured controllably apply ultrasound energy into the prostate by maintaining a cavitational bubble cloud generated by an ultrasound therapy system within an image of the prostate generated by an imaging system. The medical imaging and therapy device can be used in therapeutic applications such as Histotripsy, Lithotripsy, and HIFU, for example. Methods associated with use of the medical imaging and therapy device are also covered.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110054315A1 MICROMANIPULATOR CONTROL ARM FOR THERAPEUTIC AND IMAGING ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS Public/Granted day:2011-03-03
Information query