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US 2021/0196989 A1Published application
Implantable Bio-Heating System Based on Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers
AssigneeNortheastern University
InventorsMatteo RINALDI, Flavius POP, Bernard HERRERA
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Abstract
Implantable bio-heating and intrabody communication systems use arrays of piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers (pMUTs) to provide ultrasound-based diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions. Systems involving one or more pMUT arrays can be implanted into the body or integrating into smart ingestible pills to enable monitoring of a medical condition and/or continuous or intermittent application of hyperthermia and other treatments.
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A system for ultrasonically heating biological tissue, comprising:
- a device implantable in a subject's body, the device comprising:
- a substrate, and
- an array of piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers (pMUTs) supported on the substrate;
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- a controller operative to control the array to emit and focus ultrasound transmissions at biological tissue in the body to heat the biological tissue.
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