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WO2001082777A3
WO2001082777A3 PCT/US2001/013548 US0113548W WO0182777A3 WO 2001082777 A3 WO2001082777 A3 WO 2001082777A3 US 0113548 W US0113548 W US 0113548W WO 0182777 A3 WO0182777 A3 WO 0182777A3
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hifu
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Narendra T Sanghvi
Adam J Wunderlich
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Focus Surgery Inc
Narendra T Sanghvi
Adam J Wunderlich
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
    • A61N7/00—Ultrasound therapy
    • A61N7/02—Localised ultrasound hyperthermia
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01S—RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
    • G01S7/00—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00
    • G01S7/52—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 of systems according to group G01S15/00
    • G01S7/52017—Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 of systems according to group G01S15/00 particularly adapted to short-range imaging
    • G01S7/52023—Details of receivers
    • G01S7/52036—Details of receivers using analysis of echo signal for target characterisation
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods
    • A61B2017/00017—Electrical control of surgical instruments
    • A61B2017/00022—Sensing or detecting at the treatment site
    • A61B2017/00084—Temperature
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B90/00—Instruments, implements or accessories specially adapted for surgery or diagnosis and not covered by any of the groups A61B1/00 - A61B50/00, e.g. for luxation treatment or for protecting wound edges
    • A61B90/36—Image-producing devices or illumination devices not otherwise provided for
    • A61B90/37—Surgical systems with images on a monitor during operation
    • A61B2090/378—Surgical systems with images on a monitor during operation using ultrasound
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B8/00—Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
    • A61B8/08—Clinical applications

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Abstract

Apparatus for controlling high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) tissue treatment includes at least one ultrasound transducer (128), a first device (130) coupled to the at least one transducer (128) for driving the at least one transducer (128), and a second device (132) coupled to the first device (130) to control the first device (130) and to the at least one transducer (128) to receive data of return echoes received by the at least one transducer (128). The second device (132) controls the first device (130) to: (a) develop data of the untreated tissue; (b) store the data of the untreated tissue; (c) treat the tissue to a cycle of HIFU from the at least one transducer (128); (d) develop data of cycle (c); (e) compare the data developed at (d) to the data stored at (b); (f) repeat steps (c) - (e) until a desired value of a tissue modification parameter (α) is obtained; and (g) provide an indication once the desired value of the tissue modification parameter (α) has been obtained. A method for controlling high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) tissue treatment thus includes: (a) developing data of the untreated tissue; (b) storing the data of the untreated tissue; (c) treating the tissue to a cycle of HIFU from at least one ultrasound treatment transducer (128); (d) developing data of cycle (c); (e) comparing the data developed at (d) to the data stored at (b); (f) repeating steps (c) - (e) until a desired value of a tissue modification parameter (α) is obtained; and, (g) terminating the treatment.
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