ULTRASOUND APPLICATOR WITH TEMPERATURE SENSOR

• US 20190308037A1
• Filed: 10/25/2017
• Published: 10/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Barry Neil Silberg
• Original Assignee: Barry Neil Silberg
• Inventors: Silberg, Barry Neil
• Application Number:
  US15/793,000
• Publication Number:
  US 20190308037A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/2202 the ultrasound transducer being inside patient's body at the distal end of the catheter
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00084 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00123 and automatic shutdown
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/055 involving electronic [EMR] or nuclear [NMR] magnetic resonance, e.g. magnetic resonance imaging
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4836 Diagnosis combined with treatment in closed-loop systems or methods A61B5/0036 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2007/0004 Applications of ultrasound therapy
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 7/00 Ultrasound therapy lithotripsy A61B17/22, A61B17/225; massage using supersonic vibration A61H23/00 ; using ultrasound for introducing media into the body A61M37/0092
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 7/02 Localised ultrasound hyperthermia hyperthermia in general A61F7/00

Abstract

An ultrasound applicator designed to turn off an ultrasound system when an application area has reached too high of a temperature may include an ultrasound head; and a temperature sensor operatively attached to the ultrasound head and to the ultrasound delivery system. When the temperature sensor senses a temperature above a predetermined value, the ultrasound system may shuts off. The ultrasound applicator may additionally include an electronic module, wherein the temperature sensor is operatively connected to the electronic module which is operatively connected to the ultrasound deliver unit, and the electronic module includes a temperature controlled switch designed to turn off power to the ultrasound delivery unit when the temperature sensor senses the temperature above the predetermined value.

Claims

1. An ultrasound applicator designed to turn off an ultrasound system when an application area has reached too high of a temperature, the ultrasound applicator comprising:

an ultrasound head; and

a temperature sensor operatively attached to the ultrasound head and to the ultrasound delivery system,

wherein when the temperature sensor senses a temperature above a predetermined value, the ultrasound system shuts off

2. The ultrasound applicator of claim 1, further comprising an electronic module, wherein:

the temperature sensor is operatively connected to the electronic module which is operatively connected to the ultrasound deliver unit; and

the electronic module includes a temperature controlled switch designed to turn off power to the ultrasound delivery unit when the temperature sensor senses the temperature above the predetermined value.

3. The ultrasound applicator of claim 1, wherein the temperature sensor is attached to an external surface of the ultrasound head.

4. The ultrasound applicator of claim 1, further comprising a light emitting diode (LED) built into the ultrasound applicator, wherein:

when the ultrasound applicator is transmitting ultrasound energy, the LED is illuminated.

5. The ultrasound applicator of claim 1, further comprising a capacitive touch sensor built into the ultrasound applicator.

6. The ultrasound applicator of claim 1, wherein the predetermined temperature at which the ultrasound system is shut off is about 48°

C./118.4°

F.