Ultrasound emitting device comprising a head frame
AssigneeImarx Therapeutics, Inc.
InventorsEvan Unger, Andrei Alexandrov
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Abstract
An ultrasound emitting device is disclosed. The ultrasound emitting device includes a sound head matrix comprising a first planar member, and a second planar member, wherein the first planar member is attached to the second planar member to form a V-shaped assembly comprising a first interior dihedral angle, where that first interior dihedral angle is between about 155 degrees and about 175 degrees. The ultrasound emitting device further comprises a first plurality of ultrasound transducers disposed on the first planar member, and a second plurality of ultrasound transducers disposed on the second planar member.
Claims20
An ultrasound emitting device, comprising:
- a sound head matrix comprising a first planar member, and a second planar member, wherein said first planar member is attached to said second planar member to form a V-shaped assembly comprising a first interior dihedral angle, wherein said first interior dihedral angle is between about 155 degrees and about 175 degrees;
- a first plurality of ultrasound transducers disposed on said first planar member;
- a second plurality of ultrasound transducers disposed on said second planar member;
- a head frame, wherein said sound head matrix is disposed adjacent a patient's head when said head frame is removeably disposed around said patient's head.
An ultrasound emitting device comprising:
- at least one diagnostic ultrasound transducer to emit first ultrasound energy comprising first power;
- a sound head matrix comprising a first planar member, and a second planar member, wherein said first planar member is attached to said second planar member to form a V-shaped assembly comprising a first interior dihedral angle, wherein said first interior dihedral angle is between about 155 degrees and about 175 degrees;
- a first plurality of therapeutic ultrasound transducers disposed on said first planar member;
- a second plurality of therapeutic ultrasound transducers disposed on said second planar member, wherein said first plurality of therapeutic ultrasound transducers in combination with said second plurality of therapeutic ultrasound transducers comprise a total of (N) therapeutic ultrasound transducers, wherein each of said (N) therapeutic ultrasound transducers can emit second ultrasound energy comprising second power;
- a computer readable medium having computer readable program code disposed therein to operate said ultrasound emitting device, 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:
- 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.
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