ULTRASOUND MEDICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
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- A method for ultrasonically treating a lesion in a patient comprising the steps of;
a) obtaining an interstitial end effector having a distal end, including a medical ultrasound transducer assembly having at least one medical-treatment ultrasound transducer, and including at least one end-effector-tissue-track-ablating device;
b) inserting the interstitial end effector into the patient creating a tissue track which is surrounded by patient tissue and which ends at the distal end of the inserted interstitial end effectorc) ultrasonically ablating the lesion using the at-least-one medical-treatment ultrasound transducer;
d) using the at-least-one end-effector-tissue-track ablation device to ablate the patient tissue surrounding the tissue track along substantially the entire tissue track; and
e) withdrawing the interstitial end effector from the patient.
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Abstract
An ultrasound medical system includes an interstitial end effector. The interstitial end effector is interstitially insertable into patient tissue, includes at least one medical-treatment ultrasound transducer, and includes at least one end-effector-tissue-track ablation device. One method for ultrasonically treating a lesion in a patient includes the steps of obtaining the interstitial end effector and inserting it into the patient creating a tissue track which is surrounded by patient tissue and which ends at the distal end of the inserted interstitial end effector. Other steps include ultrasonically ablating the lesion using the at-least-one medical-treatment ultrasound transducer, using the at-least-one end-effector-tissue-track ablation device to ablate the patient tissue surrounding the tissue track along substantially the entire tissue track, and withdrawing the end effector from the patient.
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13 Claims
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1. :
- A method for ultrasonically treating a lesion in a patient comprising the steps of;
a) obtaining an interstitial end effector having a distal end, including a medical ultrasound transducer assembly having at least one medical-treatment ultrasound transducer, and including at least one end-effector-tissue-track-ablating device; b) inserting the interstitial end effector into the patient creating a tissue track which is surrounded by patient tissue and which ends at the distal end of the inserted interstitial end effector c) ultrasonically ablating the lesion using the at-least-one medical-treatment ultrasound transducer; d) using the at-least-one end-effector-tissue-track ablation device to ablate the patient tissue surrounding the tissue track along substantially the entire tissue track; and e) withdrawing the interstitial end effector from the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- A method for ultrasonically treating a lesion in a patient comprising the steps of;
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