Ultrasound Apparatus and Method to Treat an Ischemic Stroke
First Claim
1. A method for treating a patient sustaining cerebral ischemia or an ischemic stroke in the brain, comprising the steps of:
- supplying an ultrasound emitting device comprising a plurality of ultrasound transducers;
emitting first ultrasound energy by said ultrasound emitting device, wherein said first ultrasound energy comprises first power;
locating using said first ultrasound energy an occlusion disposed in one of said patient'"'"'s cerebral blood vessels,emitting second ultrasound energy by said ultrasound emitting device, wherein said second ultrasound energy comprises second power, wherein said second power is greater than said first power;
lysing said occlusion using said second ultrasound energy.
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Abstract
An apparatus and a method are disclosed to treat a patient sustaining cerebral ischemia or an ischemic stroke in the brain. The method supplies an ultrasound emitting device 100 comprising a plurality of ultrasound transducers (180) and emitting first ultrasound energy by the ultrasound emitting device, where that first ultrasound energy comprises first power. The method locates using the first ultrasound energy an occlusion disposed in one of the patient'"'"'s cerebral blood vessels. The method then emits second ultrasound energy by the ultrasound emitting device, where that second ultrasound energy comprises second power, where the second power is greater than said first power. The method lyses the occlusion using the second ultrasound energy.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for treating a patient sustaining cerebral ischemia or an ischemic stroke in the brain, comprising the steps of:
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supplying an ultrasound emitting device comprising a plurality of ultrasound transducers; emitting first ultrasound energy by said ultrasound emitting device, wherein said first ultrasound energy comprises first power; locating using said first ultrasound energy an occlusion disposed in one of said patient'"'"'s cerebral blood vessels, emitting second ultrasound energy by said ultrasound emitting device, wherein said second ultrasound energy comprises second power, wherein said second power is greater than said first power; lysing said occlusion using said second ultrasound energy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An article of manufacture comprising at least one diagnostic ultrasound transducer to emit first ultrasound energy comprising first power, (N) therapeutic ultrasound transducers to emit second ultrasound energy comprising second power, and a computer readable medium having computer readable program code disposed therein to operate said article of manufacture, wherein (N) is greater than or equal to 1, and wherein said second power is greater than said first power, the computer readable program code comprising a series of computer readable program steps to effect:
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providing the (i)th signal to the (i)th therapeutic ultrasound transducer, wherein (i) is greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to (N); emitting by said (i)th therapeutic ultrasound transducer second ultrasound energy comprising the (i)th frequency and the (i)th phase. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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