Therapy apparatus for treating conditions of the heart and heart-proximate vessels
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1. A therapy apparatus for treating cardiovascular conditions comprising:
- an ultrasound source having means for generating therapeutic ultrasound waves having a therapeutically effective region and having an intensity for producing tissue modifications by thermal interaction with tissue located in said therapeutically effective region, said ultrasound source having dimensions adapted for intrathoracically applying said ultrasound source in a subject, and said therapeutic ultrasound source containing a plurality of spatially separated therapeutic ultrasound transducers mechanically connected in a linear structure and means for spatially orienting said therapeutic ultrasound transducers relative to each other for causing therapeutic ultrasound waves emitted by each therapeutic ultrasound transducer to be superimposed at a location to be treated.
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Abstract
In a therapy apparatus and method for treating conditions of the heart and, particularly, of heart-proximate vessels with therapeutic ultrasound waves having a therapeutically effective region. The therapy apparatus generates therapeutic ultrasound waves with such an intensity that tissue modifications, particularly necrotization, are produced in the tissue located in the region of influence. The therapy apparatus preferably contains an ultrasound source that can be transesophageally applied.
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1. A therapy apparatus for treating cardiovascular conditions comprising:
an ultrasound source having means for generating therapeutic ultrasound waves having a therapeutically effective region and having an intensity for producing tissue modifications by thermal interaction with tissue located in said therapeutically effective region, said ultrasound source having dimensions adapted for intrathoracically applying said ultrasound source in a subject, and said therapeutic ultrasound source containing a plurality of spatially separated therapeutic ultrasound transducers mechanically connected in a linear structure and means for spatially orienting said therapeutic ultrasound transducers relative to each other for causing therapeutic ultrasound waves emitted by each therapeutic ultrasound transducer to be superimposed at a location to be treated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for treating cardiovascular conditions in a subject comprising the steps of:
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intrathoracially insonifying a cardiovascular region to be treated with therapeutic ultrasound waves having a therapeutically effective region; and generating said therapeutic ultrasound waves with an intensity for producing cardiovascular tissue modifications due to thermal effect in cardiovascular tissue disposed in said therapeutically effective region. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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